Azets
Audit Associate (Public Sector External Audit)
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The Role
The Senior (JF5) in the Public Sector External Audit team is responsible for managing and delivering audit services to public sector clients. This role involves setting and monitoring budgets, managing flexible working arrangements, and securing opportunities for Azets to add value to clients. The Senior will provide support, guidance, and training to team members, take responsibility for workflow planning, and proactively seek out new opportunities to develop their skills and experience.
Core Skills
Client Focus
Set budgets and monitor them against ongoing job progress and report results to manager, communicate overruns/additional services taking corrective action when appropriate and necessary. Manage flexible working of self and assistants based around client needs and business deadlines. Demonstrate ability to secure opportunities for Azets to add value to clients. Takes pride in getting the job done fully and well. Is able to deal with challenging client feedback. Technical Excellence Provides support, guidance and training to all team members and highlight areas of weakness through timely feedback Has strong sector knowledge, however is aware of when to escalate more complex technical queries.
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Key accountabilities
Commitment
Takes responsibility for the workflow planning of the team. Proactively seeks out new opportunities to develop their skills and experience away from purely operational tasks. Takes responsibility for achieving goals and targets. Can keep track and manage several tasks simultaneously. Living Our Values Consistently ‘lives our values’ - demonstrates expected behaviours in line with our company values
Technical Skills
Can interpret and conclude on matters relating to group/component auditor requirements under ISA600 – where Azets operate as group auditor or component auditor. Demonstrates ability to assess risk independently. Be able to interpret group reorganisations or other more complex/less usual transactions and their impact on audit approach and resultant financial reporting. Have a sound knowledge of appropriate accounting and auditing standards, together with NHS and Local Government disclosure requirements necessary to produce accurate and compliant financial statements. Able to lead internal audit planning, progress and completion meetings ensuring salient matters are fully understood by the engagement team. Proficient at leading the most complex audits delivering from planning to sign off. Demonstrate ability to deliver first year audits in setting up well thought out testing which clearly tackles identified risks. Actively identify improvements to testing methodology with Audit Quality and Audit Efficiency as cornerstones. Consider impacts on future years audits through ensuring points forward are updated. Points forward are truly considered for how the audit can be made more efficient or to provide stronger evidence. Demonstrate awareness of all client deadlines and show commitment to work to them. Liaise with other departments confidently where required. Maintains commitment to producing high quality work in all aspects of audit work
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Qualifications
Professional certifications such as ACA, ACCA, or similar.
Essential Experience
Experience in delivering audit services to public sector clients. Ability to manage budgets and monitor job progress.
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