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Audit Quality Director

TN United Kingdom

Liverpool

On-site

GBP 125,000 - 150,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated professional to join their audit quality team. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead initiatives aimed at enhancing audit quality across the business. You will collaborate with various teams, providing insights into the audit process while managing quality champions and supporting regulatory compliance. This position is ideal for someone passionate about driving quality improvements and fostering a culture of excellence within the audit industry. Join a forward-thinking organization where your contributions will have a significant impact on the future of audit quality.

Qualifications

  • Experience in audit quality management and regulatory compliance.
  • Strong analytical skills for root cause analysis and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Manage Audit Quality Champions to ensure quality strategy delivery.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and develop quality action plans.
  • Liaise with regulators for file reviews and information requests.

Skills

Audit Quality Management
Root Cause Analysis
Regulatory Liaison
Coaching and Development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

Job description

The audit quality department is responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of quality initiatives across the practice. Joining the audit quality team at this point would allow you to be at the forefront of change and would offer you a unique opportunity to help shape and develop practical initiatives to improve audit quality.

The role will involve collaboration across the business, including QAD, NATs, and the AQCs, and will provide you with insight into various aspects of the audit process.

The audit industry is continually evolving, but the consistent theme is the increased focus on audit quality.

About the Job
  • Line management of Audit Quality Champions (AQCs) in the consistent delivery of the quality strategy within the service line.
  • Involvement in the Quality Response Team meetings and the development of quality proposals for consideration by the Audit Management Board (AMB).
  • Regulatory liaison for file reviews, firmwide work, and other information requests and projects, supporting the audit teams with meetings and file review responses, and organizing and monitoring firmwide information requests.
  • Root cause analysis reviews and subsequent quality action planning.
  • Supporting the development of supportive coaching plans for RIs where relevant.
  • Management of independence reviewer allocations and the management and reporting of authorisations to the AMB.
  • Monitoring quality actions and providing status updates to the Head of Audit Quality.

There would be further opportunity to work on other quality initiatives as part of the wider audit quality enhancement plan.

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