The SA2 role requires a meticulous, reliable, and analytical professional with strong organizational skills and solid accounting expertise, including thorough knowledge of IFRS, the Companies Act 2001, taxation laws, and regulatory requirements of the FSC and FRC.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform complex engagements such as consolidation involving huge number of entities in consultation with the Manager/Senior Manager/Associate Director/Partner.
• The SA2 must independently acquire knowledge and become conversant in all technical aspects of the financial statements.
• Achieve corporate targets on engagement and recovery.
• Execute the annual planning and deliver in different engagements in collaboration with the team members.
• Allocate responsibilities to associates and junior accountants for every assigned engagement.
• Monitor engagement progress, delivery and quality against the plan and course correct where required.
• Take responsibility to deliver the highest level of quality aligning with relevant standards such as IFRS and IAS while meeting client and statutory deadlines.
• Ability to prepare letter of engagement for clients
• Attend to audit queries
• Ability to work under pressure and work after normal working hours to achieve deadlines.
• Review work of Junior team members on a timely basis to ensure accuracy, completeness and quality of deliverables.
• Provide continuous on-the-job training and constructive feedback to team members for every engagement.
• Assist the Manager/Senior Manager/Associate Director on formal performance reviews of staff after the completion of each engagement.
• Complete reviews on time and submit financial statements and other reports to the CAS senior manager/associate director.
• Coach and develop people by sharing knowledge and helping team members develop skills that cultivate technical competencies.
• Assist in the development and delivery of technical training to internal and external audiences.
• Develop and maintain productive client relationships and networks.
• Assist in the management and control of the CAS administration in relation to client portfolio, including management of project budgets, recovery, costs overruns, billing, and debt collections.

Requirements and skills

• At least 4 years past accounting experience.
• Prior experience in audit or accounting practice or experience in managing assigned client portfolio and people.
• ACCA/ACA fully or partly (Level 1 & 2) qualified or equivalent qualification.
• Skillful and experienced in complex project management.
• Good time management skills.
• Collaborative attitude with and results oriented.
• Ability to deliver on set KPIs.
• Ability to design, prepare and deliver presentations to a broad audience.
• Versatile and adaptable.
• Can operate under pressure while maintaining the harmony and direction of the engagement.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Integrity within a professional environment.
• Excellent business knowledge.
• Well-developed computer user skills.
• In-depth understanding of changes in accounting framework.
• Proficient in MS Office (especially Excel & Word) and accounting software (e.g. Xero, QuickBooks online)
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills