The Audit Department
The Audit practice is market-leading player delivering a range of audit and advisory services to a wide variety of clients, in every business sector. Our Audit, Consumer & Technology Business practice consists of over 200 professionals from richly diverse backgrounds and to date we have achieved significant success in this area. Our audit professionals' primary focus is on adding value to businesses while applying the highest standards of professional integrity, objectivity, independence and technical excellence.

Consumer, Technology & Business

Our Audit practice delivers to clients audit assurance and advisory services of the highest quality. We cover a wide range of industries and markets, from financial services in multinational corporations to smaller, owner-managed businesses.

The Opportunity

The Audit Senior is in charge of planning, organizing and controlling the completion of all aspects of the audit engagement for review by the engagement manager and or partner.

• Assist with planning of audit, including staffing and deadlines
• Attend Client audit planning meetings
• Prepare financial statements and present high quality work papers
• Plan, control and review the work of the audit team
• Deploy staff effectively
• Delegate to audit team and provide on the job training
• Close all queries raised by manager on audit work papers
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex accounting and auditing concepts and apply them in practice
• Complete Audit files; bring assignments to completion
• Achieve time budgets and meet deadlines
• Assist with training of trainees
• Provide performance feedback to trainees at end of engagement

The technical and professional capabilities:

• Stakeholder Focus
• Uses an understanding of audit and risk advisory issues and stakeholder needs to address complex problems
• Become experts in risk assessments and audit responses
• Is proactive in developing a thorough understanding of the risk assessment process and its impact on the engagement and inputs into risk discussions in relation to the engagement and entity
• Integrate engagement teams and manage referred work          
• Demonstrates an appreciation of how their work on the audit plan, influences the contribution of specialists and experts
• Make appropriate use of tools, guidance and methodology          
• Exercises independent choice in relation to the use of tools, guidance and methodology in delivering the audit
• Manage project plans to optimize engagements.
• Proactively seeks to understand the bigger picture in terms of how their contribution fits within the overall project plan and looks to improve the efficiency of that plan
• Formulate reasonable judgements and conclusions in order to deliver informative and timely outputs
• Applies analytical thinking and professional scepticism to surface more complex issues within the audit and appropriately document judgements
• Apply Ethical and Professional Standards  
• Acts with honesty and integrity, keeps up to date with ethical and professional standards, and is compliant with all Deloitte processes which safeguard client confidentiality and the firm’s reputation

• Third level degree in in Accounting, Economics, or a related field
• Excellent knowledge of auditing companies in the consumer business and technology sectors, including property and manufacturing
• Working knowledge of Irish GAAP,IFRS and US GAAP an advantage
• Initiative and ability to work without supervision
• On the job coaching of junior staff
• An ACA or ACCA qualification
• You must have strong oral and written communication skills, in particular, business report writing
• Strong commitment to professional and client service excellence
• Sound computer literacy; MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Experience with computer based auditing systems is advantageous

Auditing is about much more than just the numbers. It illuminates the what, how, and why of change so businesses are always prepared for what’s ahead and can make the most appropriate decisions.

Whether it’s conducting due diligence reviews and statutory audits or providing accounting advice on technical issues or corporate governance, we provide our clients with the highest quality accounting information, know-how and processes to ensure their financial information is well ahead of the game.

Working in Audit & Assurance will see you collaborate with highly experienced audit teams, focusing on financial statement components, reviewing client operations and controls, identifying weaknesses and providing recommendations to remedy any issues found.