•Proposed designation
Senior Manager
•Role type
Individual contributor with team & people management
•If supervisory:
–Review the work performed by the subordinates and coach them
•Reporting to
AP/Partner
•Geo to be supported
NORDIC (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Iceland)
•Work timings
9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.
The SM will lead the 5 KDN Nordic MFs within KRC. The role will comprise ~50% chargeable client work and 50% responsibility for team management, strategy execution, service delivery, and audit quality oversight across the portfolio. Your role will include the following key focus areas:
•Undertake chargeable client audit work for ~ 50% of the role
•Market growth and client delivery: Responsible for growth of the business including engagement delivery and managing relationships on a portfolio of audit engagements
•People leadership: Responsible for team management of 5 NORDIC Member Firms that will consist of ~60 FTEs in NCR region working on onshore audit delivery.
•Monitor quality of delivery as per the central quality framework
•Strategy, innovation and business support team oversight
Within these four focus areas the following responsibilities are expected:
•Managing and leading audits with high quality of delivery whereby constantly contributing to the Audit Quality of both the onshore and offshore practice
•Build and develop strong relationships with key onshore member firm stakeholders and act as a main point of contact for onshore departments involved in innovation, business support, audit quality and client delivery
•Drive audit quality, lead the audit quality team, and further develop a learning organization which includes operational reviews, as well as learning and knowledge sharing sessions
•Contribute and drive the development of strategic initiatives and vision on the audit of the future
•Continual action to increase penetration and identify new opportunities for growth
•Act as the Performance Manager and lead the career development of staff members
•Motivate, develop and coach Managers, Assistant Managers and Team Leaders to deliver quality audit work and to become effective leaders
•Maintain rigor around risk & compliance guidelines of the firm, and workout plans to mitigate business risks
•Attract and retain the right talent to support the business growth agenda
•Enable a culture of high performance and establish KRC-KDN Audit as the “clear choice” for people
Educational qualifications
•Professional Chartered Accountancy qualification (e.g. ICAI or ACCA)
Work experience
•Qualified CA (ICAI) with 9.5+ years of relevant audit experience, or ACCA with 12.5+ years of relevant audit experience, gained within a Big 4 client-facing environment supporting Non-FS and/or international audited entities.
•IT literacy with sound knowledge and experience of Excel/ Word/ PowerPoint
