Associate Director - Assurance - Accounting Firm

- Handle Financial Accounting and Advisory assignments

- Manage audit support assignments with a team

- Assist Partner in audit planning, assess risk and develop audit direction.

- Perform preliminary planning and establishes direction for audits, provides leadership to assigned auditors

- (Managers, Junior members. Articles), manage project to quality outcomes, while meeting established/agreed timelines. Take full ownership of the audit engagement from planning to reporting.

- Perform audit work for critical areas, including plan preparation, review work papers, findings, and associated reports; verify the accuracy of financial records/ work paper.

- Review work performed by team, manage performance of audit assignments, reviews work papers and audit reports; edits reports prepared by Junior members. Articles, other auditors.

- Coordinates and interacts with Client, Partner, and staff, for audit planning, escalation, in consultation with Partner. Review of report with Partner and closes all open points.

- Train/ coach new articles, staff, as needed.

- Keeps abreast of ASA Audit Manual and related guidelines, checklists, current developments in accounting, auditing professions, and changes in regulatory laws, as applicable.

- Develops and provides training to Articles, staff, and clients on need basis.

- Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned such as AUP, Policies, IFC Audits, FA & Inventory verification.

- Timely update Partner on the status of ongoing assignments, request Partner for escalation, if required

- Review the work papers of Juniors, Article, and other staff. Ensure all the work is carried out as per Audit Manual, Firms practices, and other guidelines.

- Visit to client place with-in city/ outside the city, as required.

- Manage multiple audit assignments, draft audit report, Executive Summary to audit committee and other reports.