Assistant Manager, Third Party Assurance, Audit & Assurance

Our Assurance practice encompasses skills across regulation and finance with a deep analytics capability. We harness these to provide Assurance to those charged with governance, serving the public interest. Working in Assurance means you will have an opportunity to work alongside leading experts, as we help build and enhance trust between businesses and the public, by responding to emerging issues and protecting the public interest. Providing assurance to help businesses become more resilient, agile and better prepared for the future.

To be resilient, businesses must be ready to respond to current and future challenges and opportunities. They are increasingly being required to be more transparent with their reporting, to drive trust and confidence in the market, and protect the wider public interest.

Assurance builds, maintains and develops confidence. We provide independent assurance by assessing the risks and underlying processes, providing conclusions as to which risks are being managed and mitigated in line with the business’ appetite for risk. Deloitte’s assurance offerings help those charged with governance to understand their business and build trust amongst key stakeholders and regulators.

Third Party Assurance

Many organisations are required to report on their compliance with regulatory, reporting or licence obligations and have this externally validated. Companies are also outsourcing business processing activities to external companies, or Outsourced Service Providers (OSPs), giving them access to sensitive data and with implications on the internal control environments of these companies. This growing reliance on OSPs and the need for external validation of regulatory compliance and reporting has led to greater demand for third-party assurance programmes and solutions.

In order to address concerns from customers, regulators and stakeholders regarding the services and solutions that companies provide, it is critical for them to manage any potential risk and provide assurance and transparency over those services. One of the most effective ways by which companies can communicate information about their risk management and controls is through Third-Party Assurance.

The Deloitte Third-Party Assurance team assess these risks and controls against a variety of frameworks. We gain an understanding of how the business operates and assess the controls that are relevant to their clients. We then test these controls in a variety of ways, using a range of methods and tools, including analytical testing procedures which are aimed at gaining an understanding of large data sets and complex models. We then report the results of those tests in reports that the company can share with their clients, regulators and other stakeholders. The scope of these reports can cover anything from Cyber Security to Investment Management, and everything in between!

Join our Third-Party Assurance team and gain invaluable insights into the operations of leading businesses. You'll discover how these organisations leverage technology and digital processes to achieve their strategic objectives, drive success and comply with regulatory and licence obligations. Our work directly impacts their broader business strategy, enabling them to effectively manage and mitigate risk.

You’ll get to work on a range of businesses from large international companies listed in the FTSE100 and major public sector concerns to smaller entities – all from a wide range of different industries. Each will give you invaluable knowledge and insight. You may even have the opportunity to travel, as part of your work, to overseas locations as many of the organisations we work with have a global footprint.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

We are looking for Assistant Managers to join the Third-Party Assurance team in London or one of our regional hubs (e.g. Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh) to support the work we do with firms across a wide range of industries, including FTSE 100 members, public sector and industry bodies, innovators, and global corporations.

Your responsibilities:

• Take a lead role in supporting the delivery and management of client engagements, working closely with more senior members of the Third-Party Assurance team.
• Develop specialist and core assurance skills, industry expertise, and on-going investment in Third-Party Assurance.
• Anticipate complex business problems for our clients, undertake the required fieldwork, and recommend appropriate action.
• Deliver robust, efficient, and insightful assurance that makes a difference for our clients and their stakeholders, using cutting-edge data, analytics, and AI techniques.
• Part of a team to provide professional services in relation to Third-Party Assurance.
• Write content as part of client high-quality deliverables including written reports, working papers, and summary excel analyses.
• Research and develop innovative solutions that deliver insightful assurance.
• Pioneer implementation of new techniques and technologies to heighten our assurance capabilities.
• Assist in the day-to-day delivery of project objectives, including the management of junior staff, direct interaction with clients, and regular reporting to senior internal and client stakeholders.
• Drive Project Management, including budgeting, reporting, and risk management.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders across Deloitte to provide our clients with best-in-class expertise and offerings.
• Manage your own time to work on multiple engagements and/or business development activities.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders at clients.
• Train and develop junior members of the team.

You will quickly develop an advanced understanding of your clients’ business needs and key risks and be responsible for creating and maintaining strong client relationships, ensuring that we are adding value to clients’ businesses and that the relationships we create outlast the individual projects. From providing support to small businesses right through to global corporations, the work we do is wide-ranging and no two days are ever the same.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to conduct research and analysis to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey insights and updates effectively.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders across different geographies.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Positive and ambitious attitude, and ability to work on own initiative.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent required.
• For data analytics, an understanding of structured data analysis, visualisation, automation, and/or data science techniques is desirable.

Connect to your business - Audit & Assurance

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Assurance

Businesses need to be resilient and transparent in their reporting to build trust and confidence. Assurance practitioners play a key role in achieving this through independent review and challenge of management’s views on a range of regulatory and reporting requirements, whether financial, operational, or compliance in nature.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your 'Immediate Family Members' are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in Virtual community UK Wide with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites, and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective, and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers