Location
Edmonton, AB | Canada
Job description
About the Company
Our client is a reputable public sector organization who is looking for a Senior Auditor to join their team!
Why Work Here - Work for a well reputed organization, with a robust team
- Flexible culture with opportunity for career progression and development
- Competitive compensation package which includes a leading defined benefits pension plan
About the Opportunity 1. Assists with planning large or complex audit projects and/or plans medium and smaller, less complex audit projects to develop an audit approach and plan for each project (20%)
- Actively seeks to understand the portfolio entity and their business issues;
- Performs risk assessment, including material misstatement at the financial level and assertion level for classes of transactions, account balances;
- Communicates the implications of exposure drafts, impending changes, and their impact on an entity;
- Ensures project is scheduled to meet resource needs and staffing is appropriate; reviews budget;
- Coordinates and leads team planning meetings.
2. Executes interim and year-end audit procedures (40%)
- Determines approach for testing of journal entries;
- Evaluates the information system using knowledge of IT controls;
- Develops procedures based on identified risk of material misstatement;
- Re-evaluates audit procedures prior to conducting year-end work;
- Ensures that work conducted addresses the identified risks at both overall and assertion levels;
- Monitors time incurred and communicates progress throughout the project;
- Communicates inefficiencies and delays due to quality of deliverables from the entity.
3. Participates in the preparation of financial statement reports and supporting documentation (30%)
- Performs/reviews completion section testing;
- Performs preliminary review of financial statements;
- Prepares communications/deliverables;
- Assesses which recommendations and observations should be communicated to senior management;
- Ensures job appraisal is completed within thirty days of completing the assignment.
4. Provides mentorship to staff auditors (10%)
- Supports learning and development of staff auditors by coaching and mentoring;
- Provides constructive feedback;
- Provides ongoing communication and remains accessible to staff throughout the audit process.
- Minimal travel: Around 0 to 3 weeks of travel total per year.
About You - CPA designation
- Minimum 3 years of progressive financial statement audit experience applying Canadian Auditing Standards (CAS)
- Audit experience in a public accounting firm
- Government operations experience at the municipal, provincial or federal level
- Familiarity with Canadian Public Sector Accounting Standards and IFRS
- Previous experience with data analytics
- Demonstrated abilities in documentation and evaluation of internal control environments
- Advanced skills with Microsoft applications
Salary Range Sr. Auditor: $80,000 - $90,000/year
Intermediate Auditor: $70,000 - $80,000/year
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Salary
$90k per year
