Assistant Manager/ Associate

Who are we?

KPMG in Bahrain employs over 350 professionals and partners. We provide our clients with a suite of locally supported Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. We recruit the best and brightest from around the world and currently have a workforce that represents over 20 countries working across our teams. We also pride ourselves on our ability to attract, nurture, and empower talent from our communities locally.

A career in Audit at KPMG will give you insights into the inner workings of companies and a broad business perspective that can open countless opportunities for professional and personal growth. Our Audit process does more than assess financial information. It’s designed to focus on the key areas of risk so that our clients can focus on managing their core business. KPMG combines a multi-disciplinary approach with deep, practical industry knowledge to help clients meet challenges and respond to business opportunities.

We do what matters!

Primary Job Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Ability to obtain and present appropriate audit evidence, address the relevant audit objectives, play the in-charge role on the audit engagements
• Draw initial conclusions on client queries, being alert to both commercial concerns and technical accuracy and referring upwards if necessary
• Perform fieldwork on assigned clients, assisting with the setting of budgets and pricing, scheduling audits, selecting staff and assigning workloads, developing the audit strategy, within the KPMG Audit Methodology, and using technology tools
• Identify issues for reporting in the management letter, and other communications with management, and drafts the final documents for review by manager and partner
• Budget time allocation to assignments and explain variances from budget and collects cash on time
• Lead and manage the audit team in the field on assignments
• Supply or attend briefings which are clearly understood on all assignments
• Ensure completion of audits/projects within agreed timescales and budgets.

What we look for:

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Graduate degree in Accounting or related field
• An international professional qualification – CA/ ACCA/ ACA/ CPA
• Knowledge of IFRS
• At least 1-3 years in public auditing and accounting, preferably with a Big 4 Audit firm;
• Knowledge of best practice reporting and International Financial Reporting Standards;
• Some experience outside the normal audit field, such as agreed-upon, accounting support and other transaction support engagements