Associate Director - Statutory Audit - Banking/TMT Sector - Big4 - CA

Great opportunity with Big4 Kochi location for Associate Director - Statutory audit profile for qualified CA's. Kindly find below the roles and responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities :

- Be a mentor to a team of Manager, Seniors and Associates and train them to deliver high Quality industry specific work on time and within the time estimates made and agreed with the ET.

- Develop and maintain productive relationships with key organization industry leaders and contacts to grow organizational business through -

- Establishing expectations of value to be delivered on the engagements worked up on from Organization

- Building industry specific knowledge and capabilities within the organization teams

- Work closely with the audit engagement teams to transition new engagements and services to organization while maintaining high quality

- Identify opportunities to standardize and optimize audit processes across a portfolio of clients and the industry to improve efficiency

- Develop an understanding of organization's (Client and specific to Company) Quality and Risk Management procedures, and ensure these are embedded into the Organization team's work papers

- Proactively discuss complex audit procedures with the organization teams and monitor performance against standards by performing continuous reviews

- For select engagements/projects, perform Manager level reviews of work prepared by organization teams as approved by the engagement teams under the guidance from DPP or the risk teams

- Monitor and manage key industry specific Performance Quality metrics for the Organization teams

- Understand scope of company offerings across all lines of businesses to provide overall solutions for engagement teams- needs (D&A, KAAP, Advisory & Tax)

- Demonstrate professionalism, industry competence and clarity of communication when dealing with the audit engagement teams

- Use technology (on specific areas of work), continually learn, share knowledge with team members, and enhance service delivery

- Contribute to technical and soft-skills training to continually develop the team's skills on industry specific areas of work

Manage people -

- Be a performance manager to guide and coach professionals on career advancement and provide continuous feedback throughout the performance year on their development areas

- Lead performance management and feedback process at team level and at an overall level

Lead projects -

- On industry business establishment, development and growth; and industry specific knowledge development initiatives at organization

- Lead firm's strategic initiatives and/or corporate social responsibility programs

Education and Experience Requirements :

- Qualified CA/US CPA and minimum of Bachelors- degree in Finance & Accounting with first division (60%)

- 9 - 12years of post-qualification experience along with strong Articleship experience from a mid-size or a Big 4 firm in case of CA OR

- Relevant audit experience of atleast 11 years in case of possessing certifications other than CA

- Experience with Big 4/leading Audit firms or their shared service center would be preferred

Technical Skills :

- Audit and accounting knowledge

- Working knowledge of MS Office

- Strong English communication abilities (Oral &Written)

- Should possess strong project management skills

Enabling Skills

- Attention to detail and quality consciousness

- High-energy, independent decision making capability with ability to manage priorities and conflicts with prioritization skills

- Be a quick learner and demonstrate adaptability to change

- Resilient and demonstrate ability to lead change by effectively building commitment and winning support for initiatives through influencing, negotiation, collaboration and relationship building skills

- Should be willing to and capable of delivering under tight timelines

- Should be open to travel to US on short and long term assignments