Audit Senior

**About the Role**

The purpose of this role is to assist an Australian client in Sydney on assurance projects with their listed and unlisted clients, remotely.

**Required Skills and Experience**
- At least 3 years of external auditing experience, Big 4 firm is preferred.
- At least 2 years of experience with Caseware or Caseware Cloud is preferred.
- Experience with PowerBI, Data Snippets, and Mindbridge is advantageous.
- A university degree in accounting.
- A valid passport, you may be required to travel to Sydney, Australia.
- A positive attitude towards helping others.
- A positive attitude with working in a team environment.
- An open mind with a desire to learn.
- An excellent sense of time management.
- Be able to deliver on tight deadlines.
- Have experience in various industries, both listed and unlisted clients.

**Required Qualifications**
- You must be a qualified CA(SA).

**Key Responsibilities**
- Your working hours will start between 5 AM to 6AM, this is a key requirement for the role due to the timezone difference. Longer hours are expected during busy season, being from July to October/November.
- Pre-engagement activities: Gathering information about the clients in your assigned engagements, including industry, business model, and recent financial performance.
- Assist in preparing the engagement letter, outlining the scope of the audit and the responsibilities of both the auditor and client.
- Participate in budgeting the audit engagement, considering the complexity of the client’s business and risk factors.
- Conduct risk assessments.
- Gain an understanding of the entity.
- Understand the control environment and plan.
- Plan the audit response based on risk assessments.
- Perform substantive procedures on various account balances.
- Perform detailed testing on various accounts.
- Perform additional procedures. i.e. The testing of journal entries, unpredictability, related parties, consolidations, litigations, and going concern.
- Evaluate the identified misstatements and control deficiencies, assessing their impact on the financial statements.
- Perform subsequent events procedures to identify events occurring after the balance sheet date that might require adjustments.
- Conduct final analytical procedures to identify any overall inconsistencies in the financial statements.
- Utilize a disclosure checklist to ensure all necessary disclosures are included in the financial statements.
- Assist in drafting the audit report, communicating the audit opinion on the fairness of the financial statements, and presenting significant findings and recommendations.

Application Question(s):

- Do you have a minimum of 3 years of External Audit Experience?
- How many years have you worked in External Audit at a Big 4 audit firm?
- Are you a qualified CA(SA) or awaiting APC results?
- If you are currently employed, how soon can you start work, considering your notice period?

Application Question(s):

- Do you have a minimum of 3 years of External Audit Experience?
- How many years have you worked in External Audit at a Big 4 audit firm?
- Are you a qualified CA(SA) or awaiting APC results?
- If you are currently employed, how soon can you start work, considering your notice period?

Application Question(s):

- Do you have a minimum of 3 years of External Audit Experience?
- How many years have you worked in External Audit at a Big 4 audit firm?
- Are you a qualified CA(SA) or awaiting APC results?
- If you are currently employed, how soon can you start work, considering your notice period?

Application Question(s):

- Do you have a minimum of 3 years of External Audit Experience?
- How many years have you worked in External Audit at a Big 4 audit firm?
- Are you a qualified CA(SA) or awaiting APC results?
- If you are currently employed, how soon can you start work, considering your notice period?

Expected Start Date: 2025/01/13