Senior Audit Manager

at  BDO South Africa

The Senior Audit Manager oversees and ensures that the project runs efficiently and profitably
from inception to sign off, by managing all the relevant stakeholders in accordance with the
Firm’s policies and procedures. The Senior Audit Manager further supports the Engagement
Partner with clients’ commercial management and business development initiatives.

Reporting to the Audit Partner you will inter alia be responsible for:

• Business Development
• Negotiating budgets/fees and overruns for clients once fee base has been agreed withthe partner
• Managing WIP, write offs, fee queries and debtors
• Ensure Timeous and accurate billing of clients
• Accurate and Timeous planning of audits.
• Management and the Execution of audits.
• Managing staff movements on and off the job and timeously communicate to all relevantparties.
• Manage and control staff allocations on audit project.
• Ensure completion and finalisation of audits
• Building of effective relationships with clients and staff.
• Ensure Exceptional Client Service.
• Decide on audit appropriateness of audit opinion by resolving issues which might impacton the audit opinion and ensuring that these are brought to the attention of theengagement partner and documentation thereof.
• Manage the client and ensure that the project is delivered within the scope agreed on
• Mentoring of trainees
• Timeous completion of performance reviews

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• CA(SA)
• At least 4 years post article Management experience with long term audit ambitions –partner/director
• Must have listed companies experience

• Business Development
• Negotiating budgets/fees and overruns for clients once fee base has been agreed withthe partner
• Managing WIP, write offs, fee queries and debtors
• Ensure Timeous and accurate billing of clients
• Accurate and Timeous planning of audits.
• Management and the Execution of audits.
• Managing staff movements on and off the job and timeously communicate to all relevantparties.
• Manage and control staff allocations on audit project.
• Ensure completion and finalisation of audits
• Building of effective relationships with clients and staff.
• Ensure Exceptional Client Service.
• Decide on audit appropriateness of audit opinion by resolving issues which might impacton the audit opinion and ensuring that these are brought to the attention of theengagement partner and documentation thereof.
• Manage the client and ensure that the project is delivered within the scope agreed on
• Mentoring of trainees
• Timeous completion of performance review