Audit Quality Inspectors

As an Audit Inspector you will conduct audit file reviews and conduct inspections of firm-wide procedures at the major audit firms.

Client Details

Leading international audit regulator, playing a significant role globally in the promotion and development of audit regulation.

Description

Successful candidates will participate in reviews of audits conducted by the Big 4 and other large audit firms, demonstrating their technical experience and personal skills in dealing with senior partners and staff at those firms

The role provides an insight into how the major firms operate and how they are responding to current issues in the profession and changes in regulatory requirements. Successful candidates will also have the satisfaction of being able to influence the practices and procedures of the major audit firms to enhance quality.

The successful candidate will:

• Conduct audit file inspections, focusing on larger UK listed entities.
• File inspections include analysis of audit workpapers, information gathering through informal and formal questioning of the audit team, discussion with the audit firm of potential issues identified, and conclude with final written reporting.
• Conduct inspections of firm-wide procedures at the major audit firms as required and visiting audit firms and reviewing their processes and audit methodologies.

Profile

An accountancy qualification coupled with membership of ICAEW, ACCA, ICAS or ICAI (or equivalent) are required as well as significant experience at least at Audit Senior Manager or above level in the external audit profession, being essential.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong technical auditing and accounting skills.
• A demonstrable interest in an audit firm's audit quality initiatives.
• Broad business knowledge and interests to facilitate working across multiple sectors.
• Ability to understand and assess significant volumes of information quickly and through this identify aspects of potential audit quality concern.
• Ability to build constructive and professional relationships with senior audit team and audit firm personnel.
• Ability to challenge the judgements made and quality of work performed by audit teams authoritatively, and to present and discuss issues arising on their merits in a calm and professional manner.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Job Offer

• Salary £88,325
• 30 days annual leave plus ability to buy extra leave.
• Employer pension contribution of 10%.
• A strong work/life balance ethos.