Clara Digital Audit Manager (FS)

Locations: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Reading, South Coast - Southampton, Watford

Job description

The Role

Do you enjoy applying your problem-solving skills in your daily job? Our Digital Auditor team members have a blend of both accounting & FSA skills, are proficient in data terminology, understand what can be achieved through the use of data techniques, and adept at identifying opportunities to enhance audit approaches using this understanding.

There are no requirements for prior experience working with analytics tools (or within FS), however, data manipulation, data transformation and writing formulae are all integral to what we do day to day. As such, this role is typically better suited to individuals with strong data literacy and Excel skills.

We’re looking for a manager to lead on Financial Services Audit engagements, which typically use a number of different administration and ERP systems to manage their products.

You will join KPMG’s rapidly growing and fast paced Clara Analytics and Technology team and lead data analytics which serves engagement teams across the CLR, FS & KPE portfolio.

Why Clara?

We’re a team of enthusiastic, talented and innovative people from a diverse set of backgrounds in Audit, technology and industry that are motivated by delivering high quality and high impact data and technology solutions to enhance the experience of the professionals and Audit and Assurance entities we serve.

We’re constantly investing in the development of our people through professional training, coaching and a culture of high support – high challenge as well as maintaining our market leading capability by leveraging leading cloud-based technology and building select software relationships for Analytics, Automation, Process Mining & AI, to accelerate at pace and anticipate tomorrow – today.

What do we do?

The Clara team takes end to end responsibility for idea generation, incubation, project management, implementation & delivery and value realisation of data analytics and technology solutions within the context of our Audit and Assurance portfolio and are at the heart of delivering KPMG’s Audit of the future.

What people are saying?

“Clara is where you can redefine who you are and where you want to go. Since joining the team 5 years ago, I’ve developed from a data analyst into a product manager, helping to digitally transform the way audits are run. Our partnership with Microsoft makes it exciting to explore the most advanced technology and ensures that with each new project, anything is possible.” James M. Clara Manager

“The variety of work projects I’ve been involved in have allowed me to find what I enjoy most and develop these skills, tailoring my work towards my skillset and goals, no two engagements are the same and I learn so much from each experience! With the support of the team, Clara have helped me in my apprenticeship by finding relevant projects for my study and flexibility in balancing study and work.” Sam R. Clara Apprentice

“I get to work in a collaborative and supportive environment where I feel valued and I see a clear opportunity for progression in the firm, whilst also doing something I really enjoy.  You are able to define your own career path guided by your interests, as there are a wide variety of different opportunities and projects available to you as well as access to different training materials and certifications which you can undertake.” Tatiana D. Clara Manager

Responsibilities

• Independently managing the deployment of technology and D&A for a portfolio of audit engagements
• Analysing outputs, deriving insights and identifying items for follow up testing
• Performing initial reviews of D&A outputs and working alongside out technical teams to identify issues and inconsistencies that need to be solved before sharing the analysis
• Presenting the analysis to the audit teams, using visualisation applications where possible (PowerBI, Celonis)
• Summarising insights, results & findings and generating reports/slide decks suitable for presenting to Senior Management & Audit Committees
• Supporting audit teams with data extractions & establishing a process for data-sharing with the audited entity
• Preparation of D&A documentation and ensuring the audit team have appropriate file documentation & have complied with mandatory requirements
• Preparing budgets and monitoring engagement finances, overruns & delivery timelines 

Experience

• Experience working on the delivery of financial statement audits
• Experience of working with D&A on an audit engagement
• Familiarity with basic data concepts
• Logical mind set and curiosity for exploring data to understand content and how it can be used within assurance
• Identifying the root cause of issues, and advising or Auditing an entity on the impact and recommendation for this
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including being able to communicate and present to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Qualifications

• ACA/ ACCA / ICAS qualification (or international equivalent) or trainee

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