Audit Methodology - Senior Manager

Forvis Mazars is a leading global professional services network providing audit & assurance, tax, and advisory services. In the UK we operate 14 offices and employ over 3,400 professionals, including 190 partners.

About the team

The Audit & Assurance Methodology team is part of the firm's Audit Quality Support Team (AQST). AQST delivers foundations for audit quality through methodology, policies, reviews, coaching, procedures, templates, guidance, and training. It supports the audit service line in delivering engagements that comply with firm methodology and related risk management policies.

About the role

As an Audit Quality Senior Manager, you will specialise in the development of methodology and related tools, templates, and guidance, with a focus on audits of entities in non financial services sectors. You will Support and lead UK audit methodology projects, provide technical guidance, review training content, and keep the firm up to date with audit and assurance developments.

Responsibilities

• Lead on, or support, the delivery of UK audit methodology projects, including the development of tools, templates, and training.
• Respond to technical consultations from the audit service line on the application of the firm's audit methodology, and quality assure consultation responses prepared by others in the team.
• Respond to ad hoc queries from the audit service line on methodology related matters.
• Perform reviews of technical training content developed by the audit learning and development team.
• Keep up to date with audit and assurance developments to consider how the firm can best adapt proactively to changes on the horizon.

Qualifications

• ACA / CA / ACCA (or equivalent) qualification.
• Background working within audit methodology or quality assurance.
• Strong experience on audits of PIEs and listed entities, and entities operating in the privately owned sector.
• Strong experience performing controls based audits.
• Experience on complex audits and audits of international groups.
• Practical and theoretical knowledge of UK auditing, ethical, and accounting standards, including IFRS.
• Operating at senior manager level.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple commitments, and meet targets and deadlines.
• Experience managing others.
• Ability and willingness to challenge and influence more senior individuals and peers.
• Experience developing audit software (desirable, but not essential).
• Experience with data analytics and other technological developments in audit (desirable, but not essential).

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Forvis Mazars, diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values. We value our people's unique backgrounds, perspectives and experience, and recognise that this diversity creates better outcomes for our clients. We seek to attract, develop and retain the best talent inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications and experience and aim to support all our team members to reach their potential.