Senior Audit Manager

Company Description

RSM Eastern Africa Consulting Ltd is a member of the RSM network. Each member of the RSM network is an independent accounting and consulting firm, each of which practices in its own right. RSM has a combined staff of over 41,000 with 750 offices across the Americas, Europe, MENA, Africa and Asia Pacific.

RSM Eastern Africa (RSMEA) was founded in 2004 under the accounting sector. It is a privately held entity with a powerful network of audit, tax and consulting experts and offices across East Africa. RSMEA is client-centric and ensures a deep understanding to empower businesses to move forward to realize their full potential. This informs the RSMEA experience and commitment to its clients; THE POWER OF BEING UNDERSTOOD.

The company specializes in Audit, Tax and Consulting. The extended services include Audit & Assurance, Transaction Advisory, Tax Services, Management Consulting, Risk Advisory, and Outsourcing. RSMEA clients range from growth-focused entrepreneurial businesses through to leading multi-national organizations across many sectors and operating nationally and across borders.

In this fast-paced environment, one needs an adviser that thinks ahead and rapidly responds to the changing needs. At RSM, they build strong relationships based on a deep understanding of what matters most to their clients.

It is their strong collaborative approach that differentiates them. They will strive to truly understand the client's strategies and aspirations and endeavour to be considered the adviser of choice. By sharing the ideas and insights of their most senior professionals, they bring their expert local and global knowledge and resources to the client, so the client's feel understood and empowered to move forwards with confidence.

This is the POWER OF BEING UNDERSTOOD. This is the RSM experience and their commitment to their clients.

Job Description

The key responsibilities for the Senior Audit Manager include:
• Ensuring that all the jobs are included in the job planning schedule and either the team leader or the field team leader has contacted the client to agree the audit timeframe and other logistics, including organising for a kick-off meeting; reviewing the audit plan for Partner approval; supervising the audit team and reviewing the work thereby ensuring that the work carried out by the team is in accordance with the audit plan, RSM Audit Methodology and Quality Assurance and Risk Containment Policies; within the budgeted time; and ensuring that the key engagement issues are identified and resolved on a timely basis.
• Checking for any conflict on GRT at the proposal stage and before the firm accepts any engagements and ensuring GRT is updated where required.
• Training and developing the skills of staff in the department, including preparing training material.
• Identify cross-selling opportunities for the firm's services and leading in its marketing initiatives.
• Developing market intelligence on potential projects, business opportunities and developments in the competition.
• Carrying out administrative duties and any other tasks as may be delegated from time-to-time.
• Ensuring that the rapport with the client is maintained and that the firm's values are reflected in each engagement carried out.
• Performing administrative tasks (client delivery, billing and collection, productivity, staff mix etc.) to ensure the audit portfolio maintained is efficiently managed.
• Reviewing the job planning schedule, scheduling staff to engagements and updating this on a weekly basis and ensuring that staff are supervised and occupied.
• Maintaining the work-in-progress register for all engagements and reviewing this on a weekly basis with the Partner.

Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree qualifications in Accounting, Finance or related field.
• At least seven (7) years of financial accounting, auditing or a combination thereof with a minimum of 3 years in a senior position.
• Holds technical and professional qualification in Audit (CPA), relevant membership.
• Ability to understand and document workflows and business processes.
• Knowledge and effective application of all relevant policies, processes, procedures and guidelines to achieve consistently, required compliance standards or benchmarks.
• Organized, able to work both independently and in a team setting.
• Ability to identify solutions that effectively address business and control needs.
• Interpersonal skills for effective communication of audit results to functional heads and other stakeholders.
• Must have demonstrated ability to handle budgets, resources, processes, projects and relationships.
• Should have thorough knowledge of the relevant industry/sector as well as knowledge of regulatory requirements affecting the relevant sector.
• Must demonstrate ability to handle multiple and conflicting priorities, and work under strict deadlines.
• Should have strong analytical and be result oriented.
• Must have high standards of integrity and ethical practice.
• Must be capable of functioning effectively both as a team player and a team leader.
• Must have management and Leadership skills.
• Must have ability to accurately plan work assignments, prioritize tasks and deliver deadlines.
• Should have effective people management and conflict resolution skills.
• Must have knowledge in use of MS office packages.

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