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FS IT External Audit - Senior Manager

Employer
Mazars
Location
South East London, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Aug 25, 2019

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Job Role
Systems Accountant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
As an FS IT Assurance Senior Manager within the national Technology Solutions team, and reporting directly to the Technology Solutions Director and/or Partner, you will be responsible for delivering IT Assurance (external audit) to a range of sectors, most notably in Financial Services and Corporates sectors. Client satisfaction is of paramount importance to us and you will need excellent communication and written skills, and an ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. The Position
• Responsibility for managing and oversight over all external IT audit engagements in Insurance, Banking, other Financial Services and Corporates sectors for the London office and other South based offices.
• Responsible for scoping/planning, budgeting, providing oversight to engagement progress, quality assurance of deliverables, leading closing meetings with client management, and acting as a point of contact for both the Partner and client, ensuring both are kept fully informed of any issues arising and the progress of the work;
• To deliver work to the highest technical standards including ensuring the work (including that of team members working for you) is conducted in line with Mazars Quality standards;
• Manage a team of Managers, Seniors and Juniors across a portfolio of projects;
• Ensuring all work is undertaken to budget and meets client KPIs;
• To build and develop long term relationships with senior stakeholders across our client organisations as well as within Mazars itself;
• Act as a role model - help to develop and mentor members of the Technology Solutions team;
• To have a broader perspective of potential issues encountered when managing diverse teams and the strategies to overcome them;
• Build and develop strong working relationships with the client, ensuring any problems or requests are dealt with promptly;
• Maintain control and stability under pressure whilst recognising the deadline or urgency to be dealt with;
• Experience in leading IT General Controls reviews for at least one key application such as SAP or Oracle, and standard packages such as Agresso, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage;
• Knowledge of operating systems such as unix, windows server, and linux and databases such as SQL, Oracle, DB2;
• Experience in delivering audit analytics within projects using tools such as ACL and SQL;
• Respond to the needs of the client and staff;
• To confidently deliver clear presentations of service features and benefits to clients;
• Clearly understand the wider service line capabilities of Technology Solutions and the wider firm and how these may benefit your clients;
• Support Technology Solutions senior management in the development of the practice, by leveraging the skills and experience gained previously to identify and support the implementation of new initiatives, ideas and processes;
• To support the development of the business via proactive targeting of key service lines with clients;
• To contribute and be responsible for the management of a team based in London office and for managing their performance, training and development requirements;
• Ensure that the services provided are genuinely appropriate for the client. The Requirements Essential Skills
• Significant experience (over 10 years) of providing IT assurance to clients across sectors relevant to the London office;
• You will possess a relevant professional qualification such as CISA / QiCA / ACCA / MIIA / CIPFA;
• Have practical/demonstrable experience of supporting the update to and training of the IT audit methodology for financial statement audits;
• Have demonstrable experience of interactions with the FRC and independent quality reviews of financial statement audit files and specifically the IT elements of these;
• Have demonstrable experience of being the go to IT audit contact for new client proposals and presentations in support of growth in an Audit function;
• Have knowledge/experience auditing both "banking derivatives" and "IFRS 9"
• Experience of managing a portfolio of major/complex clients and a team of staff, including Managers;
• Strong technical abilities in audit methodologies, combined with strong business acumen;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills proven through extensive report/proposal writing experience

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