Audit Quality Manager

1 month ago

London, United Kingdom Mazars UK Full time

Audit Quality Manager - Insurance (2750)

Mazars is an engine for rapid and consistent career progression, offering individually designed career paths that help you pursue your interests, match your changing needs, and explore your true potential. We work with diverse, prestigious clients across a range of sectors and geographies, giving you the opportunity to constantly update and grow your skills for lifelong professional development.

About the team

Audit Quality Support Team (AQST) delivers the foundations for audit quality in the form of methodology, policies, reviews, coaching support, procedures, templates, guidance, and training.

AQST plays a vital role in supporting our audit practice. It forms part of the firm's system of quality management; is responsible for designing methodologies and tools that ensure compliance with auditing and ethical standards and other requirements applicable to audit and assurance engagements; and supports the audit service line in its delivery of engagements that comply with the firm's methodologies and related risk management policies and procedures.

About the role

  • Support AQST Senior Manager and AQST Director on the delivery of audit methodology projects for insurance sector, and the development of audit guidance, tools, templates, and training by preparing a first draft of the documents.
  • Supporting AQST Senior Manager and AQST Director on in-flight reviews on a number of insurance clients in AQR scope.
  • Preparing initial analysis and draft response to technical consultations from the insurance sector audit service line on the application of the firm's audit methodology.
  • Preparing initial analysis and draft response to ad hoc queries from the insurance sector audit service line on methodology related matters.
  • Support AQST Senior Manager and AQST Director on preparation and update master packs including insurance sector specific packs for the audit software.
  • Building strong working relationships with insurance audit teams.
  • Together with AQST Senior Manager and AQST Director assist the Audit Learning and Development Team in reviews of technical training content, adjusting general content to the insurance sector, delivery of technical audit trainings including insurance specific trainings.
  • Assess and produce high quality work in line with the Firm's policy and processes, meeting relevant regulatory requirements.
  • Work with the Audit Quality Support Team on ad hoc non-sector specific projects.
  • Assist the Audit Quality Directors and the Head of Audit Quality in providing support and guidance to the insurance teams.

What are we looking for?

  • ACA / CA / ACCA (or equivalent) qualification.
  • Insurance sector audit experience, including general insurance, life insurance, Lloyd's syndicates and Solvency II.
  • Extensive working knowledge of external audits, in particular audits of listed/PIE/regulated entities.
  • IFRS 17 knowledge and experience is highly desirable, but not essential.
  • Strong practical and theoretical knowledge of UK auditing, ethical, and accounting standards, including IFRS and a good knowledge of UK company law and requirements.
  • A passion for quality and helping audit teams to develop their knowledge and audit and assurance skills.
  • Ability and willingness to challenge and influence more senior individuals and peers.
  • Ability to work independently, manage multiple work commitments, and to meet targets and deadlines.
  • Experience of identifying issues through sound analysis and application of commercial acumen.
  • Experience of performing ‘hot' or ‘cold' audit file reviews is desirable, but not essential.
  • Experience of developing new initiatives and methodologies is desirable, but not essential.
  • Comfortable managing complex projects, and not afraid to roll up their sleeves to get things done.
  • Behaviours consistent with Mazars values, a positive individual who can demonstrate they are truly a team player.

About Mazars

Mazars is a leading international professional services firm delivering exceptional quality in audit, accounting, tax, financial advisory, outsourcing and consulting.

We are one diverse, multicultural, multi-generational team with a huge sense of connection and belonging. This is a place where you can take ownership of your career, get involved, believe in yourself and put your ideas into action.

At Mazars, we celebrate individuality and thrive on teamwork. We give people the freedom to make a personal contribution to our shared purpose. We support one another to deliver quality, create change and make an impact so that everyone can reach their full potential.

Being inclusive is core to our culture at Mazars; we want to ensure everyone, whether in the recruitment process or beyond is fully supported to be their unique self. To read more about our approachclick here

Our aim is to make the recruitment process as accessible and inclusive as possible - please contact us to discuss any changes you may require so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.

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