Audit Senior

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Audit Senior Position

BDO Azerbaijan LLC is a Member Firm of BDO International, the world's fifth largest accountancy network with more than 1,260 offices in over 140 countries, including affiliates. We specialise in helping businesses to achieve their goals and adhere to strong values and a One Firm approach. Our strength in the market place is mirrored in our achievements - Accountancy Age Audit, Tax and Corporate finance team of the year, FT Best Workplaces, highest new entry in Times Top 100 Graduate Employees;  to name a few of our recent accolades. Our people work within an extremely supportive and creative environment, and are equipped and empowered to deliver exceptional service. Developing strong, personal relationships with our clients is at the forefront of our service approach and you'll find that BDO is a truly innovative and forward thinking place to work.

Overview

Open date: 13th February 2015
Closing date: 28th February 2015

The Audit Senior works as part of an audit team or takes responsibility for running the audit, working directly with the client under manager supervision.  The Audit Senior manages the audit team and supervises the audit process to ensure our audits are of high quality.

Reporting to: Audit Manager / Audit Partner

Responsibilities

• Work with the engagement management and team to create plans for accomplishing the engagement objectives and a strategy that complies with professional standards and appropriately addresses risks
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with clients and assess client’s satisfaction
• Monitor the progress of the engagement team against the plan and alter it when needed
• Proactively monitor and address issues regarding billing and collections
• Effectively utilize advanced capabilities of audit technology tools and other firm standard software to meet engagement objectives and enhance service delivery
• Produce quality client correspondence
• Communicate ideas/opinions and information to the audit team and listen/respond to other team members views
• Foster an efficient, innovative, and team-oriented work environment
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge with team members
• Set objectives and communicate effectively
• Be accessible and maximise contribution of staff
• Understand the Firm’s service lines and actively assess/present ways to apply knowledge and services
• Take ownership for the work of the team
• Delegate effectively and monitor progress to ensure expectations are met through initiating discussions with service team and obtaining on-going feedback from client
• Manage, motivate and provide guidance to staff
• Identify training needs
• Monitor team’s work to ensure it is consistent with the firm’s quality standards and audit approach
• Be conscious of professional liability
• Refer ethical, independence and conflict issues associated with clients and assignments to the Partner/Manager
• Demonstrate project management skills and effectively manage their own time across different engagements
• Develop understanding of client industries and identify value added recommendations
• Responsible to the engagement manager for day to day client contact and conduct of audit work
• To assist manager in reviewing the audit work as well as financial statements for smaller entities within a Group
• Any other task reasonably assigned to the staff member and within their skill set

Requirements

• Minimum three years of recent experience in External Audit Services
• Working knowledge of IFRS and Financial Reporting requirements
• Proactive in working towards a professional qualification (CA, CPA or ACCA)
• Fluent in Azerbaijani and English language skills
• Strong analytical, planning and communication skills
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication, presentation and strong team leadership skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Availability for overtime work and tough deadlines

E-mail: [email protected]