Senior External Audit Manager - Insurance

Responsibilities

• Leading large multi-location, often international, teams using your people and relationship management skills to deliver high quality audit work from project planning to completion


• Building connections across teams and specialist areas within PwC to bring insight to the organisations we audit. This includes managing specialist teams supporting the audit, building consensus around conflicting views and making recommendations where appropriate


• Leading the delivery of the areas of complex or judgemental audit work, including identifying issues, analysing multiple data points to draw informed conclusions and clearly articulate these conclusions in written and verbal form to senior stakeholders


• Ensuring the team's audit documentation meets the highest standards, reviewing financial statements to ensure they comply with relevant requirements

Requirements

• Must possess an ACA / ACCA / ICAS Qualification (or an international equivalent) or have equivalent work experience


• A high level of experience of IFRS and/or UK GAAP and be highly skilled in using international standards on auditing


• Highly developed project management skills and a strong track record of managing larger or more complex audits to the highest standard from planning to completion


• Has the ability to communicate complex or contentious audit matters clearly and concisely in both verbal and written form to colleagues and senior client stakeholders

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading complex audit projects, ensuring compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP, and effectively communicating audit findings to senior stakeholders. Possesses strong project management skills and the ability to build consensus among diverse teams.