Assurance - External Audit Manager (Banking) - Riyadh, KSA
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About the Role
PwC Middle East is seeking an Audit Manager for its Core Assurance practice in Riyadh, focusing on banking clients. The role involves managing audit assignments, client relationships, and team development, requiring 6-8 years of external audit experience in a Big 4 firm.
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Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of clients, responsible for day to day client liaison and technical issues management.
- Develop strategies to solve complex technical challenges and contribute to team technical acumen.
- Manage and deliver large projects, ensuring key deadlines are met.
- Design the audit strategy and manage audit execution in alignment with engagement leader guidance.
- Advise clients on financial reporting and regulatory developments.
- Manage client relations with senior management, including delivering presentations to board of directors and audit committees.
- Coach, mentor and develop team members.
- Participate in business development activities to identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients.
Requirements
- Degree in accounting, finance or other related academic major
- Minimum of 6 8 years of professional experience in external financial audit in one of the Big 4
- Completed a recognised professional qualification such as ACCA, CA, ACA, CPA
- Recent experience in auditing Banking clients is a must
- Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English (oral and written) is a plus
- Knowledge of IFRS 9, IFRS 17 and financial services regulations
- Strong project management skills and experience managing an audit from planning to completion
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About Us
- PwC is one of the world’s leading professional services networks, with offices in 152 countries and nearly 328,000 professionals.
- For over 40 years, we have contributed to the Middle East’s transformation journey.
- Our Middle East Assurance practice includes over 2,300 people based in 12 countries.
How You’ll Contribute
- Assisting proactively in the management of a portfolio of clients, responsible for day to day client liaison and technical issues management.
- Being responsible for business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/existing clients.
- Developing strategies to solve complex technical challenges and contribute to the development of your own and your team’s technical acumen.
- Assisting in the management and delivering of large projects, ensuring that key deadlines are met.
- Acting in charge of designing the audit strategy and managing the audit execution in alignment with the engagement leader guidance.
- Managing client relations with senior management, including delivering presentations to the board of directors and audit committees.
- Ensuring you are adhering to compliance with the risk, quality and independence matters.
- Keeping up to date with local and national business and economic issues.
- Being responsible for the coaching, mentoring and development of team members.
- Encouraging involvement in digital initiatives and the use of audit transformation technologies.
- Taking part of the recruitment process for interviewing and selecting the most competent candidates.
What You’ll Bring
- A degree in accounting, finance or other related academic major.
- Minimum of 6 8 years of professional experience in external financial audit in one of the big 4.
- Completed a recognised professional qualifications such as ACCA, CA, ACA, CPA.
- Recent experience in auditing Banking clients is a must.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English (oral and written) is a plus.
- Applying the international standards on Auditing (ISAs) on the external audit of financial services with profound IFRS knowledge relevant to the FS practice (such as IFRS9, IFRS17) and financial services regulations.
- Strong project management skills and experience managing an audit from planning to completion.
- Confidence in challenging yourself and others to complete high quality testing and documentation.
- Ability to establish and nurture positive relationships across all levels.
- Driving innovative thinking and supports others through change and uncertainty.
- Experience encouraging a team environment that promotes collaboration and constructive challenge.
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