Manager-Assurance

Your key responsibilities

• Networking- Creates and manages good independent relationships with clients senior management
• Good Commercial Acumen- Provides a perspective to clients on trends and emerging practices in the local and global market in relation to client’s operations
• Business Development- Lead preparation of high quality proposals including developing the fees/entry strategy
• Contributes to the profitability of the firm- Generates additional work from existing clients and supports in selling new client proposals
• Leads and coordinates the planning and management of assignments with guidance from the partner
• Manages projects and processes- Balances multiple priorities by considering risk, importance, level of urgency, political impacts, and other linkages
• Risk management – Provides pertinent guidance and advices to colleagues on quality or risk management issues, enables colleagues to address risk and quality issues by providing advice based on his experience
• Knowledge management- Strong contribution to knowledge sharing efforts, reviews and continually improves processes so that the team and the firm capture and leverage knowledge
• Counseling and people development- Proactively provides guidance on development of technical, interpersonal and soft skills to improve competence of the team members and counselees

Skills and attributes for success

• Should have handled audit assignments earlier
• Must have strong knowledge of auditing & accounting standards
• Strong exposure in auditing manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical industries etc. Good presentation skills and ability to respond promptly
• Ability to prioritize work on multiple assignments & manage ambiguity
• Should be a team player with a proactive & result oriented approach

Ideally you’ll also have

• Strong communication, facilitation, relationship-building, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Be highly flexible, adaptable, and creative.
• Comfortable interacting with senior executives (within the firm and at the client)
• Strong leadership skills and supervisory responsibility.

What we look for

People with the ability to work in a collaborative way to provide services across multiple client departments while adhering to commercial and legal requirements. You will need a practical approach to solving issues and complex problems with the ability to deliver insightful and practical solutions.