Senior Manager - Audit & Assurance

About the role

Deloitte is hiring a Senior Manager in its Audit & Assurance practice in Muscat, Oman. The role sits within the firm's audit and assurance function and involves leading audit planning, risk assessment, reporting and quality control for complex engagements.

Key responsibilities

• Identify the client's strategic audit and risk priorities and share them with key stakeholders, and ensure risk assessment is reflected in the audit plan, execution and results evaluation.
• Contribute to risk, materiality and scope discussions, consider National Audit Office messaging and trends, and set expectations for experts and specialists involved in the audit.
• Take part in group risk assessment and planning, review referral instructions and evaluate component auditor responses, and resolve issues including those in challenging environments.
• Review audit reports using the Guide to audit reporting and industry precedents, and drive a robust revenue testing approach with process flow diagrams, recognition policy understanding and a tailored fraud-risk approach.
• Develop and review comprehensive project plans early in the cycle, with timescales, coordination with the extended engagement team, contingency plans and resource adequacy, and communicate dependencies and deadlines to management.
• Handle slippage and negotiate overruns with management, and engage with quality control procedures to improve prior-year testing.

Required profile

• MBA or equivalent, preferably a degree in Accounting, Auditing or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in public accounting, auditing, audit management, budgeting, business plans or strategy, preferably with big firms.
• International accounting qualification: CA, ACCA or CPA.
• Fluent English; bilingual Arabic/English candidates preferred.

Required skills

• Extensive knowledge of best-practice reporting and International Financial Reporting Standards, and consistent application of applicable accounting and auditing standards.
• Able to develop and share knowledge of Deloitte tools, audit methodology and professional standards through formal learning and on-the-job training.
• Ability to review audit documentation for completeness, accuracy and adequacy and archive work papers on time.