Senior 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.

For those charged with governance, 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.

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 background experience in Banking and Capital Markets, Fintech, Payments and 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. Our services are often triggered by disruptive events such as transactions, including US/UK listings or M&A, changes in accounting or regulatory environments or control failures.

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 set up, documentation and evaluation of control frameworks
• Providing control 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 Senior Manager within the Finance & Controls team you will have responsibility for:

• Managing key audit and assurance relationships across a variety of industry sectors;
• Identifying and developing both audit and assurance opportunities with new and existing senior clients;
• Leading audit and assurance teams and developing managers and junior team members to reach their potential
• Ensuring all regulatory changes are implemented and complied with both internally and on client engagements;
• Building relationships with other departments to deliver market and client focused business solutions;
• Having a broader perspective of potential issues encountered when managing diverse teams and the strategies to overcome them including having a clear understanding of the firm’s commitment to creating a more inclusive culture;
• 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:

• Thorough knowledge of UK or US GAAP and IFRS;
• Strong understanding of financial reporting and controls;
• 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
• A proven track record in establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with senior clients;
• Strong leadership skills both on engagements and in an office environment;
• An ability to play an active role in the business development process, winning tenders and large audit and assurance proposals;
• Experience of motivating and developing teams;
• An ability to implement solutions to address changes in regulatory requirements
• Industry, FTSE Listed or International audit and assurance experience;
• The ability to work under own initiative and in many different and stimulating environments;
• Significant presentation and business writing experience.

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 (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships).

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. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing.

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. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.