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Roles & Responsibilities

Job Description & Summary

What is expected from you?

As an Audit Director, you will be in charge of an iconic client portfolio and you will be responsible for managing the full cycle of your audit assignments. You will be working as part of a team of problem solvers with extensive Auditing experience. Your job duties will include but will not be limited to:

You will be responsible for the overall delivery of the audit engagement that you will be leading.
Driving and taking ownership for developing connections that help deliver what is best for our people and stakeholders.
Managing client relations with senior management, including delivering presentations/pitches to the board of directors, audit committees, and prospective clients.
You will oversee the completion of engagements, provide support and training on technical issues/ methodologies, fee negotiation, and adhere to budget and engagement deadlines.
Identifying market gaps and spot opportunities in Assurance, as well as cross-selling opportunities for the other LOS's, in order to create value propositions that meet the needs of the clients.
Ensuring you are adhering to compliance with the risk, quality and independence matters.
Arranging and sponsoring appropriate assignments and experiences to help people realise their potential and support their long-term aspirations.
Looking for opportunities to scale efficiencies and new ways of working across multiple projects and environments.
Assisting the partners in m anaging the economics of their portfolio by monitoring budget, following up on billing, collection, and profitability.
Taking part of the recruitment process for interviewing and selecting the most competent candidates as per PwC hiring standards.
Embracing our Middle East people initiatives (such as flexibility framework and employee well-being, and many others) in addition to assisting the partners in executing our action plans against the periodic people feedback surveys.
Creating an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
Taking part in people development by delivering certain training sessions to the team based on the L&D curriculum.
Being responsible for the coaching, mentoring and development of team members reporting to you.
Promoting and encouraging others to value difference when working in diverse teams.

What will you bring?

You are ambitious and get use of opportunities to grow and develop. In addition, you recognise yourself in the following characteristics:

A degree in accounting, finance or other related academic major.
Minimum of 10+ years of professional experience in external financial audit in one of the big 4
Completed a recognised professional qualifications such as ACCA, CA, ACA, CPA
Experience in auditing Banking / Insurance clients is considered an asset
Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills that allow you to thrive in a team environment
Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English (oral and written) is a plus
Applying the international standards on Auditing (ISAs) on the external audit of financial services with profound IFRS knowledge relevant to the FS practice (such as IFRS9, IFRS17) and financial services regulations
Strong project management skills and experience managing an audit from planning to completion
Confidence in challenging yourself and others to complete high quality testing and documentation
Ability to establish and nurture positive relationships across all levels - both internally and externally
Driving innovative thinking and supports others through change and uncertainty to overcome hurdles
Experience encouraging a team environment that promotes collaboration and constructive challenge and has demonstrated the ability to act quickly to resolve team issues and questions
Taking pride in your work and in the Audit profession, showing resilience and demonstrating dedication to self-development including being agile and innovative in the digital world
Promoting and encouraging others to value difference when working in diverse teams
Knowledge in any Audit technologies, and experience using Data Analytics tools

The skills we look for in future employees

All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that help us deliver our business strategy - that make up The PwC Professional .

The PwC Professional framework plays a significant role in outlining the capabilities needed by our people to flourish, learn and develop together as leaders at every level. The framework exists to support the development and career progression of our people, helping them to meet the expectations of our clients, colleagues and communities in today s changing global marketplace.

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