About this role
Job details
Proposed designation
Assistant Manager- FS: Insurance FIPA
Role type
Audit Execution/review, Team Management & Supervisory Role
Reporting to
Manager or above
Geo to be supported
Germany
Work timings
9:00 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. IST
Roles & responsibilities
We are recruiting for an Assistant Manager in the Insurance Audit team. Working as a Assistant Manager in this team, your responsibilities will include:
- Leading and managing a team comprising of fresh graduates and experienced professionals.
- Auditing and incharging complex sections of the financial statements of companies or end to end audit as per country specific statutory requirements.
- Monitoring work, managing, and motivating the team to ensure deliverables are meeting necessary quality standards.
- Being active member of the Financial Service Audit engagement team and perform and supervise in audit procedures
- Contacting client and onshore team regularly to update on the progress of audit engagement.
- Sharing knowledge, mentoring, and coaching the team members.
- Identification of issues/missing information and managing & tracking the open issues until resolved.
- Maintaining the data confidentiality and adherence to the risk management policy by the team members.
- Performance review of the team.
- Review of the team’s work and to provide timely feedback to team members to enable them to improve their performance.
- Building relationships with senior stakeholders both onshore as well as KRC.
Educational qualifications
Professional Chartered Accountancy qualification (ICAI)
Additional certifications (if any)
Work experience
- 3-5 years of experience with a Big4 in a client facing environment working on Financial Services audits and/or international clients. End to end audit experience will be an added advantage
- Experience and knowledge in Insurance sector would be preferred but not mandatory.
Preferred technical & functional skills
- In depth knowledge of external Audit for Financial Services and/or international clients.
- Experience on Financial Service Audits (i.e. Banking, Asset management & Insurance) will be an added advantage.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Understanding of international GAAP, IFRS and Financial sector will be an added advantage.
Key behavioural attributes/requirements
- Strong analytical bent of mind and structured problem-solving approach
- Personal drive and positive work ethic to deliver results within tight deadlines and in demanding situations
- Flexibility to adapt to a variety of engagement types and work environments
- Effective at inspiring and motivating team members in order to deliver high quality standards