Senior Manager, Financial Services Audit, A.F. Ferguson KHI

A.F. Ferguson & Co. is the PwC member firm in Pakistan, offering audit, assurance, tax and advisory services. The Senior Manager gives senior leadership across a portfolio of complex financial services audits, working with partners and directors.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of complex audits and assurance engagements for banks, digital and microfinance banks, development finance institutions
• Set engagement direction with partners and directors, challenge the audit strategy and ensure appropriate responses to significant, elevated and emerging risks
• Oversee key judgments and complex matters, including expected credit losses, impairment, fair values, insurance contract liabilities, actuarial assumptions
• Review critical audit documentation, financial statements, audit reports, regulatory returns
• Lead consultations with technical accounting, methodology, risk and quality, independence, legal, actuarial, valuation, tax and technology specialists
• Maintain senior relationships with chief financial officers, finance leadership, audit committees, boards and other key stakeholders
• Anticipate and manage engagement quality, acceptance and continuance, independence, delivery, reputation and commercial risks
• Oversee portfolio economics, resource deployment, scheduling, budgets, recoveries, billing and collection

Requirements

• Qualified Chartered Accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan
• Minimum five years of post-qualification experience, substantially in external audit and assurance
• Demonstrated experience leading complex financial services audits and managing multiple engagements or a significant client portfolio
• Broad sector exposure across banking, insurance, asset management, non-banking finance or capital markets is strongly preferred
• Advanced knowledge of IFRS Accounting Standards and ISAs, particularly IFRS 9; strong IFRS 17 knowledge is preferred for insurance-focused portfolios
• Strong understanding of Pakistan’s financial services regulatory environment, including relevant requirements of ICAP, SBP, SECP

Location and schedule

• Karachi office
• Full-time

Salary and benefits

The posting does not give a salary figure.

How to apply

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