Assurance Manager - East London at Grant Thornton South Africa

Job Purpose:
Audit

• To plan, execute and finalise all assignments.

Staff development

• To ensure that all staff is productive, meet their development and competency needs and are assessed.

Financial

• To ensure growth of the business and financial viability of the firm.

Ad - hoc

• To assist in the day to day operations of the firm

Job Description:

• Review the allocation of audits to members of staff ensuring that they understand their duties.
• Review composition of audit teams.
• Complete the relevant sections of the PR’s for all team members and discuss reports with them.
• Ensure that the trainee accountant has completed a TSR, PSR and ER (as relevant in the circumstances) for the assignment in concern.
• Consistent supervision and guidance of trainees on a regular basis to perform the audit work required to complete a file in support of the audit opinion and to achieve competencies as required by SAICA.
• Coach, train and develop auditing staff to upgrade their knowledge-both on the job on assignments as well as in the office environment.
• Complete manager’s performance evaluation and discuss with the engagement partner.
• Mentoring of staff.
• Implement consequence management processes in the event that the trainee accountant transgresses the firm’s quality standards or commits a disciplinable offence.
• Identify client needs requiring additional services and bring these to the attention of the engagement director.
• Full compliance with the quality control processes of the firm.
• Review of the risks identified at the planning stage and the materiality levels to ensure that the audit is directed towards the appropriate areas.
• Ensure that the afs are ticked up and tie back to the audit file lead sheets and all accounting policies in the afs are in accordance with IFRS/ the applicable reporting framework.
• Achieve team and individual budgets and business plan/ performance objectives.
• Create client projects on maconomy timeously (recommended that code is created at least a week in advance of the job commencement).
• Provide engagement director with cash flow forecast on own portfolio timeously.
• Billing and collection of invoices with respect to your portfolio.
• Review and approve all leave applications of your mentees.
• Takes a leadership role in professional, business or community organizations.
• Assist with marketing projects e.g. graduate recruitment, other marketing initiatives

Qualification:

• CA(SA)

Experience:

• 2-3 years experience post articles