Job Description – Technical Group (Assurance)

Position: Assistant Manager & Manager

Qualification: CA with 3+ years of post-qualification experience.

About the profile: Firm’s technical group is a group specifically formed with the basic objective of providing professional and technical support to all the assurance staff. Mainly, this group is responsible for timely updation/ consultation/ training the assurance staff on all technical fronts.

Job Responsibilities:

• Providing guidance to the assurance department on technical matters.
• Assisting in conducting trainings to the assurance department, across all the levels on various GAAP/GAAS/ Companies Act matters.
• Resolving queries of all the assurance staff in consultation with the Manager and Partner.
• Preparing and circulating different news flashes/alerts to the firm, giving all the developments and analysis thereon.
• Preparing and circulating different industry news to specified groups within the firm.
• Comment and formulate firm’s stand on emerging issues.
• Providing comments/suggestions on various exposure drafts issued by ICAI, SEBI, MCA etc.
• Research for the best presented financial statements for different categories.
• Research for the disclosure/ accounting requirements for unusual item or activity.
• Developing all the model formats, reports and letters to be issued to different clients.
• Developing all audit programmes / guidelines for different nature of audits.
• Develop standard templates – specific projects and general ongoing improvement projects.
• Develop processes for audit quality monitoring and compliance.
• Technical maintenance of Assurance Database.
• Providing direct/indirect client support in the form of technical updation, affecting the client’s business.
• Collating the experiences and/ or research of all assurance staff, for specific problems with the solutions, to be used in future by other staff members.
• Assisting in developing the thought leadership publications.
• Assisting in conducting thought leadership seminars.
• Liaise with government and other regulatory authorities.
• Working closely with Ind AS/IFRS Core group of the firm on Ind AS/IFRS related matters.
• Working and coordinating with other service lines within the firm on the technical issues.

Other Skills

1. Strong written and communication skills;
2. Research and technical skills;
3. Excellent email and report writing skills;
4. Good team-work spirit.