Senior | Audit| Audit & Assurance | Riyadh - FSI📣 Job Ad

About the Role

Deloitte, a global leader in professional services, is seeking a Senior in Audit & Assurance to join its Financial Sector team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role offers a career opportunity within one of the world's largest professional services firms. You will contribute to delivering high-quality audit services, solving complex challenges, and supporting sustainable growth for clients, while fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture. As a Senior in Audit & Assurance within the Financial Sector, you will play a crucial role in demonstrating and developing your capabilities in various areas of audit delivery. This position is full-time and based in Riyadh.

Key Responsibilities

• Build trust and credibility with stakeholders by understanding their service level expectations and individual priorities.
• Deliver high-quality services by demonstrating a practical awareness of the impact of regulation and risk management on business processes and controls.
• Take responsibility for understanding key statistics and industry matters pertaining to an entity before an engagement begins.
• Adapt template referral instructions to clearly outline the scope of procedures to be performed, including areas of audit focus.
• Understand the structure of group audits and the intended audience for referral instructions.
• Liaise effectively with onshore and offshore Centers of Excellence in the delivery of relevant tasks, understanding delegated work scopes and the importance of providing accurate and complete information.
• Assist in tracking deliverables from component auditors and understanding their relevance and importance.
• Appropriately link risks, controls, procedures, and findings from allocated sections across the EMS file on a timely basis.
• Articulate audit quality milestones, demonstrate how teams achieve completeness of these milestones, and explain their contribution to overall audit quality.
• Understand the rationale behind the timings of the audit plan and be prepared to challenge whether work can be performed earlier in the audit cycle.
• Prepare documentation by anticipating reviewer questions and distinguishing accounting judgments and conclusions from auditing judgments and conclusions.
• Develop relationships beyond the finance function to better understand the entity's business and apply professional skepticism.
• Maintain a practical awareness of the risks associated with the engagement lifecycle, the regulatory environment, and relevant practice protection policies.
• Build your understanding of Deloitte's purpose and values, exploring opportunities for impact.
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to personal learning and development, acting as a brand ambassador to attract top talent.
• Understand expectations and demonstrate personal accountability for keeping performance on track.
• Actively focus on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills.
• Understand how your daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business.

Qualifications and Requirements

• A degree in Accounting or a related field; a graduate degree is desired.
• 4+ years of experience in public auditing and accounting, preferably with Big Audit Firms.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise staff, inspect client financial records, compile and analyze data, prepare detailed audit reports, and resolve accounting research issues.
• Proven ability to plan and manage engagements and people, ensuring deliverables meet work plan specifications and deadlines.
• Fluent in English (Reading, Speaking, and Writing).

Skills and Expertise

• Audit and Audit & Assurance
• Financial Sector expertise
• Regulation and Risk Management
• Engagement Planning and Audit Procedures
• Group Audit principles
• Collaboration with Centers of Excellence
• Deliverables Tracking
• Risk Assessment and Audit Quality
• Audit Plan development
• Documentation preparation
• Accounting and Auditing Judgements
• Professional Skepticism
• Understanding of the Engagement Lifecycle
• Leadership capabilities
• Commitment to Personal Learning and Development
• Effective Communication and Relationship Building skills

Additional Information

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires 5-10 years of relevant experience. International accounting qualifications such as CA, ACCA, or CPA are desired, with a preference for CA. Bilingual candidates (Arabic/English) will be given preference.