Audit Semi-Senior and Audit Assistants at Alternate Doors

Responsibilities for the Audit Assistants Job Audit

Audit

• Reviewing the job planning schedule and contacting the client to agree the audit time frame and other logistics for the audit.
• Preparing the audit plan for partner approval prior to commencement of the audit.
• Briefing the audit team on the audit plan and allocating the responsibilities to each member on the team
• Carrying out an audit, following the audit plan under the supervision of the partner or audit manager.
• Reviewing the permanent audit file and ensuring that all information is up to date.
• Supervising the audit team and ensuring that the work carried out by the team is in accordance with the plan.
• Adhering to the audit time frame and reporting any delays to the partner oraudit manager, as appropriate.
• Completing the audit file for manager or partner review.
• Clearing outstanding audit queries and finalizing the financial statements, management letter and letter of representation.
• De briefing the audit team and providing feed back on job evaluations on each assignment.
• Following up signed financial statements, letter of representation and management letter from the client.
• Ensuring that progress and final fee notes are raised and assisting in following up payments

Taxation

• Reviewing the tax file and reconciling the tax account an dividing tax account the audit file
• Ensuring that all outstanding tax matters are adequately brought to the attention of the partner
• Ensuring that tax returns are received from the client and filed on a timely basis

Company Secretarial

• Reviewing the company secretarial file and registers, and ensuring that all secretarial records are up to date
• Ensuring all outstanding secretarial issues including timely filing of returns are adequately brought to the attention of the partner
• Carrying out any other tasks as may be delegated from time to time.

Audit Assistants Requirements

• CPA III or BCOM/equivalent education with CPA II or its equivalent with more than 3 years continuous experience in a medium sized audit firm
• Computer literate and can demonstrate good use of MS excel including formatting reports and also very good in MS word, MS outlook together with other MS office packages.
• Conversant with quick books and other accounting package and can demonstrate good use and understanding of quick books
• Demonstrate good understanding of all IFRS IAS and ISAs
• Demonstrate thorough understanding of Tax law, computation of both corporate, personal taxes and other taxes.
• Demonstrate thorough understand of all statutory deductions and submission.
• Demonstrate good understanding of Company Law and partnership Act and related returns

Other skills

• Good interpersonal skills
• Smart and with good spoken and written English
• Critical thinker and creative
• Humble and respectful to other and a good team player.