Audit Assistant Central Team - Kenya at KPMG

Position Summary

We are currently looking for an Audit assistants who will play a role in assisting in delivery of projects (internal or external) as assigned.

Key roles and responsibilities

Managing Tasks:

• Perform audit support services to audit engagement/client service teams such as checking financial statement figures, audit confirmation processing, audit file creation and close-out, etc.
• Ensure a good relationship with audit engagement/client service teams is maintained in the process of performing work.
• Ensure delivery of the KPMG 7 Star service to all audit engagement/client service teams.
• Deliver allocated work within the required service level expectations as documented in the service catalogue in the Helpdesk systems..

Team Development:

• Work collaboratively, internally and externally
• Share knowledge and work across business lines.
• Ensure demonstration of cultural awareness and sensitivity.

Personal Development:

• Participation in firm wide activities e.g.  graduate recruitment, CSR activities, etc.
• Managing own Learning and Development by identifying own learning needs and taking appropriate steps to address these.
• Ensure personal leave management and MyPD.
• Build industry knowledge through involvement in events, articles and thought leadership.
• Active goal setting and review.
• Ensuring proper utilization and productivity while observing CPD requirements.

Risk Management:

• Ensure risk management through completion of risk management documents and ensure they are signed off and a task code obtained before starting any work.
• Complete all tasks as allocated and ensure that they are reviewed by the Partner/Director/Manager/Senior Associate/Associate for risk management compliance prior to sending out any draft or final reports while observing 100% compliance to Quality and Risk Management Policies, Standards and Procedures.

Academic/Professional qualifications and Experience:

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, IT or related relevant degree course with Second Upper degree/GPA 3.0
• Must have attained a mean grade of B in KCSE, Math and English.
• Entry level role.

Personal attributes:

• Interpersonal Skills:  Must be able to build strong relationships with people of diverse personalities.
• Global Behavioral Capabilities: strong demonstration of KPMGs global behaviors.
• Demonstrate and articulate KPMG values.
• Strong  organizational  skills  and  creativity:  Be  able  to  develop  new  simple  approaches  to problems.
• Compliant with KPMG Code of Conduct, independence rules, and all other applicable firm policies and professional practice standards.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills both written & verbal presentations.
• Flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks.
• Willingness to work under supervision and learn new skills quickly.
• Attention to detail; Have very good attention to detail.
• Pragmatic Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to handle and resolve unstructured problems and provide effective solutions.
• Personal and Professional Ethics: Must operate and practice within the professional code of conduct, look and act professional and be honest, with self and colleagues.

We offer:

• An exciting opportunity to work with a Big 4 firm on cutting edge clients across Africa.
• Continuous learning and development.
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams.
• Unrivalled space to grow and be innovative.