Controls Assurance Manager - Audit & Assurance

About the role

Deloitte is hiring a Controls Assurance Manager in Bahrain within its Audit & Assurance practice. The role takes part in client proposals and oversees the day-to-day running of engagements, working closely with the team on accounting, reporting and operational issues.

Key responsibilities

• Build trust with stakeholders by understanding their service level expectations
• Deliver high-quality services with awareness of regulation and risk management impacts on controls
• Prepare referral instructions that define the scope of procedures and the audit focus, and liaise with onshore and offshore Centers of Excellence
• Track deliverables from component auditors and link risks, controls, procedures and findings across the EMS file
• Articulate audit quality milestones and challenge the timing of the audit plan
• Prepare documentation in anticipation of reviewer questions, distinguishing accounting and auditing judgements
• Apply AI in an audit context (prompt engineering, structured problem-solving) while exercising professional scepticism and respecting confidentiality and data integrity
• Supervise staff, inspect client financial records, compile and analyse data, prepare detailed audit reports and resolve accounting research issues
• Plan and manage engagements and people so that deliverables meet work plan specifications and deadlines

Required profile

• Degree in Accounting, ACCA and CPA qualified
• Experience implementing IFRS 9, 10, 15 and 16
• 8+ years of experience, preferably with Big Audit Firms
• International accounting qualification desired (ACCA, CPA or SOCPA)
• Fluent English; bilingual Arabic/English preferred