Manager, FS Reporting Assurance, Audit & Assurance in Belfast

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. The focus on setting clear, high quality reporting standards has never been greater. The Assurance team specialise in assuring the financial statement, transactions and accounting. By collaborating with other teams and our global network of specialists, they deliver assurance that protects the public interest and fosters even greater levels of trust, underpinned by our priority focus on quality.

You will be principally focused on improving the reliability and efficiency of finance processes and controls for external financial reporting with an impressive portfolio of clients.

We are seeking experienced professionals with an audit and industry background to join our fast-growing team, share in our vision, support our growth plans and make an impact that matters on our clients, our people, our business and society. We are specifically looking for individuals with rich experience in Banking and Capital Markets, Fintech, Payments or Insurance.

Focusing on external financial reporting processes and controls, you would help our clients create world class operations and finance functions, advising on finance and operations modernisation, effectiveness of control design and operation, organisation structure and process redesign and improvements.

The services that you will provide to clients include:

• Assessing and evaluating the finance function including close and consolidate and reporting processes
• Providing insights and advice to enhance the finance and control-operating model
• Assisting in setup, documentation and evaluation of control frameworks across reporting (financial and regulatory reporting)
• Providing controls specialism over documentation, design and implementation of controls, controls remediation and peer benchmarking
• Supporting SOX controls framework, remediation or testing programs and performing tests of effectiveness
• Supporting our client delivery of finance process, control and reporting activities as part of technology implementations, such as cloud systems and applications including S/4 Hana, Oracle and Workiva
• Supporting our clients in addressing short-term capability and capacity constraints by providing qualified resources to sustain day-to-day activities or project-driven requirements

In addition to serving our clients, you will play a key role in delivering our strategy and growing our Assurance practice in the UK. You will have the opportunity to develop your leadership capability and take on responsibilities for leading teams, developing and refining our propositions, building and maintaining client relationships, managing business operations, staying abreast of changes to the regulations and identifying new opportunities to grow our business and expand our service offerings.

As a Manager within the FS Reporting team, you will have responsibility for:

• Working closely with our clients, understanding their challenges and providing innovative solutions
• Delivery of large and complex global projects
• Providing high quality advice and insights to clients on their finance organisation, processes and controls
• Supporting clients in defining a clear vision, strategy and roadmap for their finance function
• Assisting clients in the setup, documentation and evaluation of their control frameworks
• Identifying and developing assurance opportunities with new and existing clients of the firm based on their bespoke needs
• Managing diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution

Our roles demand technically skilled, collaborative team players, who are able to understand and assimilate issues across different types of industries. To qualify for the role, you should have some of the following:

• Audit background plus industry or client-side experience
• Experience in driving change in finance organisation processes and controls
• Experience in the setup, documentation and evaluation of control frameworks
• Knowledge of US SOX and Provision 29 implementations
• Knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP
• An understanding of the operating model of finance functions, including systems, data, processes, controls and governance
• Experience supporting delivery of end-to-end finance solutions
• Understanding of the finance function, including close, consolidate and report processes
• Experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment including risk, finance and IT
• Strong analytical, presentation and report writing skills
• Effective time management and commitment to work to tight deadlines
• Excellent organisation, planning and project management abilities
• Experience delivering high quality engagements through working effectively as a team and strong technical ability
• Track record of leading teams and developing junior team members to reach their full potential
• Ability to develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders

We know it’s not just about the numbers. Often, we let the technology take care of those. It’s about the creative and collective thinking of our people. That’s where the true insight is found. We’re redefining the future of audit. Come join us.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.