Audit Quality Senior Manager – Insurance
Forvis Mazars
Grow. Belong. Impact.
Forvis Mazars in Ireland is a leading professional services firm with ambitious growth plans and over 1000 staff based in Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick. We are an integral part of Forvis Mazars Group, an internationally integrated partnership with over 40,000 professionals operating in over 100 countries and territories around the world. Our strategic framework drives positive and meaningful impact for our people, the environment and local communities while delivering unmatched client experience to our clients.
Why join us
Our people are ambassadors and leaders and have a bold entrepreneurial spirit to shape the future of our industry and the communities within which we serve. We empower and develop our teams to become professionals of the highest calibre in technical and client excellence. Our people first approach offers our teams a caring work environment which promotes belonging and inclusivity of all cultures and perspectives.
The Position
Due to our ethos of best practice audit quality and the volume of growth of high-profile clients in our financial services audit client portfolio, including our further ambitious growth plans, we wish to appoint a Senior Manager with responsibility for monitoring and enhancing our audit quality initiatives and activities.
This person will be involved in supporting risk management and audit methodology in line with best practice and support us in achieving Forvis Mazars core value of providing second to none Client experience through high quality audit assurance.
The successful candidate will play a critical role in driving audit excellence across the firm, with a particular focus on insurance sector audits. They will also have the responsibility of providing real time assurance reviews of in progress insurance audits and will be working with the wider audit quality team to enhance our audit quality framework.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical guidance on complex insurance auditing issues Continuous development of industry and audit technical knowledge and awareness of relevant changes within the insurance industry ensuring the wider team, including specialists, is alerted on a timely basis to matters concerning risk management or audit methodology
- Working closely with the wider audit quality team in the areas of quality, risk and methodology
- Facilitate quality collaboration between our insurance audit teams and internal specialists supporting them
- Planning and completion of real time assurance reviews with a focus on our portfolio of insurance audits
- Identify appropriate resolution plans and guidance to address any identified areas of non-compliance
- Support root cause analysis and follow up to ensure recommendations have been actioned
- Liaise with Audit Quality Partner on results of quality assurance reviews
- Contribute to the development and implementation of insurance audit methodology enhancements.
- Support and facilitate audit technical training and audit quality information briefings/forums to audit staff, management and partners
Assist in implementing wider audit quality initiatives across the insurance audit portfolio
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Ideal Candidate
- ACA or similar relevant accountancy qualification with at least 5 years post qualification experience
- Strong insurance audit technical knowledge and ability to interpret complex standards
- Recent practical insurance audit experience in a senior management position in a financial services audit environment
- Strong communication and influencing skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
High regard for quality and attention to detail
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Don’t wait. Act.
Please Note: Forvis Mazars is an Equal Opportunities Employer. In applying for a role with us, you consent that Forvis Mazars will process your personal data for the purpose of handling your application. Forvis Mazars endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, at times when we do need to engage with agencies, Forvis Mazars operates within a preferred supplier list (PSL) and only work and partner with recruitment suppliers where our agreed contractual terms are in place. If unsolicited CVs are received from agencies, we will not be liable for payment of introduction fees. Thank you for your co-operation.
