Services
We deliver value-added audit and assurance services to our clients, helping them manage their fiscal responsibilities with prudence and foresight.
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Audit approach overview
Our audit approach will allow our client's accounting personnel to make the maximum contribution to the audit effort without compromising their ongoing responsibilities
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Annual and short period audit
At P&A Grant Thornton, we provide annual and short period financial statement audit services that go beyond the normal expectations of our clients. We believe strongly that our best work comes from combining outstanding technical expertise, knowledge and ability with exceptional client-focused service.
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Review engagement
A review involves limited investigation with a narrower scope than an audit, and is undertaken for the purpose of providing limited assurance that the management’s representations are in accordance with identified financial reporting standards. Our professionals recognize that in order to conduct a quality financial statement review, it is important to look beyond the accounting entries to the underlying activities and operations that give rise to them.
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Other Related Services
We make it a point to keep our clients abreast of the developments and updates relating to the growing complexities in the accounting world. We offer seminars and trainings on audit- and tax-related matters, such as updates on Accounting Standards, new pronouncements and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issuances, as well as other developments that affect our clients’ businesses.
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Tax advisory
With our knowledge of tax laws and audit procedures, we help safeguard the substantive and procedural rights of taxpayers and prevent unwarranted assessments.
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Tax compliance
We aim to minimize the impact of taxation, enabling you to maximize your potential savings and to expand your business.
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Corporate services
For clients that want to do business in the Philippines, we assist in determining the appropriate and tax-efficient operating business or investment vehicle and structure to address the objectives of the investor, as well as related incorporation issues.
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Tax education and advocacy
Our advocacy work focuses on clarifying the interpretation of laws and regulations, suggesting measures to increasingly ease tax compliance, and protecting taxpayer’s rights.
We believe there is an optimal solution to every business challenge.
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Business risk services
Our business risk services cover a wide range of solutions that assist you in identifying, addressing and monitoring risks in your business. Such solutions include external quality assessments of your Internal Audit activities' conformance with standards as well as evaluating its readiness for such an external assessment.
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Business consulting services
Our business consulting services are aimed at addressing concerns in your operations, processes and systems. Using our extensive knowledge of various industries, we can take a close look at your business processes as we create solutions that can help you mitigate risks to meet your objectives, promote efficiency, and beef up controls.
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Transaction services
Transaction advisory includes all of our services specifically directed at assisting in investment, mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions between and among businesses, lenders and governments. Such services include, among others, due diligence reviews, project feasibility studies, financial modelling, model audits and valuation.
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Forensic advisory
Our forensic advisory services include assessing your vulnerability to fraud and identifying fraud risk factors, and recommending practical solutions to eliminate the gaps. We also provide investigative services to detect and quantify fraud and corruption and to trace assets and data that may have been lost in a fraud event.
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Cyber advisory
Our focus is to help you identify and manage the cyber risks you might be facing within your organization. Our team can provide detailed, actionable insight that incorporates industry best practices and standards to strengthen your cybersecurity position and help you make informed decisions.
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ProActive Hotline
Providing support in preventing and detecting fraud by creating a safe and secure whistleblowing system to promote integrity and honesty in the organisation.
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Accounting services
At P&A Grant Thornton, we handle accounting services for several companies from a wide range of industries. Our approach is highly flexible. You may opt to outsource all your accounting functions, or pass on to us choice activities.
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Staff augmentation services
We offer Staff Augmentation services where our staff, under the direction and supervision of the company’s officers, perform accounting and accounting-related work.
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Payroll Processing
Payroll processing services are provided by P&A Grant Thornton Outsourcing Inc. More and more companies are beginning to realize the benefits of outsourcing their noncore activities, and the first to be outsourced is usually the payroll function. Payroll is easy to carve out from the rest of the business since it is usually independent of the other activities or functions within the Accounting Department.
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Global culture
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Learning & development
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Global talent mobility
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Diversity
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Audit and Assurance Manager
Careers
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Audit0003
Location
Makati
Specialism / Function
Audit and Assurance
Entry Route
Position Type
Probationary
JOB DESCRIPTION DETAILS
The Audit Senior Manager leads client audit engagements, which include planning, executing, directing and completing financial audits.
PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Engagement Management
- Provide guidance and expertise to professional staff and participate in the conduct of a wide range of audit and assurance services, with a particular focus on complex and specialized issues, including audits, controls reviews, remediation projects, and assistance with regulatory compliance;
- Plan engagement objectives to ensure compliance with professional standards and appropriately address risk. Prepare and review management communications, proposals budgets, and negotiate fees and overruns;
- Review and approve for signing all financial statements, opinions and reports and other deliverable documents for clients;
- Identify new business opportunities. Understand our service lines and actively assess ways to apply knowledge and services. Develop long term relationships and networks both internally and externally;
- Prepare or supervise the preparation of engagement proposals that are consistent with the Firm’s quality standards;
- Manage planning of engagements which includes the assessment of audit risks and tailoring of audit procedures for audit jobs and staffing plans for all types of engagements;
- Ensure that engagements—including the use of specialists, staff from other offices, and assistance from the Technical Standards Group—are properly planned and coordinated;
- Prepare and validate working papers and analyse those that cannot be handled at an in-charge or staff assistant’s level;
- Assign duties and responsibilities to staff, including in-charges and managers, and ensures that such duties and responsibilities are carried out properly and in accordance with the Firm’s quality standards;
- Conduct regular site visits to ensures that the engagement team receives adequate supervision and observe proper protocol in dealing with clients;
- Ensure that the work of specialists—including corporate finance, tax, and valuation services—is in accordance with requirements set for them and properly reviewed;
- Conduct meetings or, when the engagement partner is present and opts to preside, assists the engagement partner in conducting meetings (with the engagement team and/or client team);
- Provide timely feedback and updates to the engagement partner regarding the progress of the engagement;
- Bring to the engagement partner's attention appropriate matters/issues (with suggested resolutions) that require his attention and decision;
- Review deliverables such as income tax returns, financial statements, and audit reports for financial audits, and report on findings and recommendations; ensures the timely completion of such deliverables;
- Ascertain that the engagement documentation is complete and appropriately reviewed; and support the report that will be issued;
- Supervise the cleaning up and archiving of working papers within the prescribed period for archiving;
- Perform other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned to him by the Engagement Partner or as may be required by the nature of engagement.
Client Relations
- Understand the clients’ industry, key performance drivers, business trends, and emerging technical and industry developments;
- Maintain relationships with other engagement teams and monitor team progress against plan and drive performance as required;
- Establish a good working relationship with the officers and staff of every client;
- Keep a close business and social relationship with the clients while keeping independence in appearance and in fact as required by the Code of Ethics of CPAs;
- Keep clients aware of significant development in accounting standards and other areas that affect their businesses;
- Attend to clients’ queries and requests;
- Exhibit professionalism and good conduct in dealings with clients, prospects, and non-clients.
People Management
- Develop team members by encouraging individuals to think for themselves and take responsibility for their contributions to the team. Conduct timely performance reviews and provide performance feedback/training. Develop technical expertise –both functional and industry;
- Ensure that every in-charge and staff assistant’s time is utilized productively and efficiently during and after engagements;
- Provide timely feedback to assistants about their job performance, i.e., their strong and weak points and how they can improve;
- Accomplish and discuss Performance Review Reports (PRRs) with Engagement In-charge immediately after every engagement;
- Review and approve staff assistants’ PRRs, which are accomplished by Engagement In-charges;
- Participate in an annual performance review process/deliberations on the overall performance of in-charges and staff assistants.
Administrative Functions
- Ensure that clients are billed on a timely basis and prompt payment is achieved;
- Submit an accurate time report in a timely manner;
- Expected to have shown an on-going commitment to their personal and professional development through continuing education and development;
- Ensure that in-charges and assistants working on his engagement submit accurate time reports;
- Approve reimbursable expenses, overtime and time reports of in-charges and staff in a timely manner;
- Review the time charges regularly to ensure that these are within budget and to provide explanation for those exceeding budget;
- Assist partners in pursuing new clients or jobs with existing clients;
- Assist the partner in collecting receivables;
- Review reports and deliverables of other engagement teams when requested in accordance with the quality control policies and procedures of the Firm.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA);
- At least eight years of external audit experience, three years of which is in managerial level;
- Ideally with exposure to different industries;
- Strong background and experience with audit methodologies and techniques.
- Excellent project management, analytical and problem-solving skills
We offer you competitive salary and benefits, many opportunities to grow, the chance to work directly with local and multinational clients, the freedom to create novel solutions, and all the rewards of working with some of the brightest people in one of the largest audit, tax, and advisory firms in the Philippines.
You may send your application to careers@ph.gt.com, with the position title as the subject of the e-mail. You can also call +632 988-2288 local 719 or 0917-550-9744 for more information.