Audit Manager (CASS)

FYTE ,
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Contract Type: Permanent

Overview

Fyte are working with a Big 4 firm within their Financial Services Audit practice and External Audit services. This role will provide you with the opportunity to provide a range of Assurance services and business advice to a variety of clients from small, fast growing clients to large entities. The clients are often well known brands and many have broad international reach. They focus on using the latest technology to reduce the level of manual testing ensuring you'll focus on the most valuable areas of client service and on enhancing corporate governance and the reliability of our clients' information. The team helps financial organisations navigate regulatory complexity while strengthening trust and transparency in their business. Clients cover industries within banking and capital markets, private equity, insurance, and consumer finance. While many of the rules of business have changed, the fundamentals haven't. You'll work alongside senior members of the client's management team in planning the audit process from beginning to end, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and fair presentation of our client's information. The role involves working directly with clients to deliver high quality CASS audits, other assurance and advisory services, helping to drive our ambitious technology agenda and supporting the build out of our national CASS team across the UK. This firm are a successful, diverse and people-focused team with a strong inclusive culture and passionate about letting our staff work at the times and from the locations that suit them best. Flexible working contracts are available with a number of team members taking time off during the summer to pursue other personal interests during our quieter times. Recent feedback directly from our team give the following reasons for feeling high levels of engagement in our CASS team Encourage you to own and develop your career Encourage 'out of the box thinking' and empower all team members to make decisions in a number of areas e.g. allocation of team members across engagements offer a variety of opportunities Existing financial audit and other assurance skills can be leveraged from A collaborative team Experienced staff to assist with your learning Offer flexible working from Partner to Associate CASS skills will set you apart, and are directly leveragable to many other future roles Have a mentoring programme As a CASS Senior Associate you will be: Part of the team in providing services to our Asset Wealth Management clients; Working in client teams of up to 20 people, reporting to a Manager and/or Senior Manager; Delivering CASS audit and advisory projects over a diverse range of our clients within set deadlines; Conducting fieldwork in accordance with PwC's CASS audit methodology and quality assurance standards, communicating findings to clients and preparing written reports; Building effective working relationships with clients and team members; Leading and coaching junior staff; Assisting with wider day-to-day engagement delivery including planning, budget management and periodic reporting to clients; Participating in team and firm activities to contribute to the broader Asset Wealth Management strategy, and strengthen the CASS proposition Proactively developing technical knowledge through self-study, training, qualifications and industry reading; Promoting CASS industry insights by running client Webex', conferences and helping to support our social media campaigns; and Helping us transform and change our approach to CASS work with strong focus on the development and use of technology. For the right individual, the role provides an outstanding opportunity to progress, develop and be rewarded for achievement as part of a successful and high profile part of the PwC business. We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience: Experience in delivering audits and reviews - this does not have to be CASS specific. A passion for delivering value and insight to clients through our audit services. Experience of risk and control identification and performing controls testing. Strong analytical and engagement management skills. The ability to work effectively in different teams for varying periods of time, building good working relationships with both colleagues and client personnel at all levels. Experience in providing coaching and feedback for junior staff and identifying development opportunities to build upon the strengths of team members. Experience of identifying and effectively reporting issues and recommendations for improvement to clients. Ability to adapt and re-prioritise quickly in dynamic circumstances and deliver under tight deadlines. Previous experience in working with a variety of large to medium sized clients within professional services. An ability to create new initiatives, respond to change and be flexible in your approach to meeting team goals. If you are interested in this vacancy please contact Amy Bargh in our Edinburgh office.