Financial Audit Leaders

3 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia NSW Government -Audit Office of New South Wales Full time

**Financial Audit Leaders**

Are you ready for a career with impact? To work for an organisation that informs and challenges government to improve outcomes for citizens?

**Who are we**?**

The Audit Office of New South Wales is recognised as a centre of excellence within the professional services sector. For almost 200 years, the Auditor-General has assisted the parliament of New South Wales hold government accountable for its use of public resources. We do this by conducting independent audits across a diverse client base in industry sectors including health, education, transport, local government, superannuation and energy.

We have a people focussed culture built on trust, support and respect. Our culture is supported by values of integrity, curiosity and open-mindedness, speaking out when we need to and ultimately taking pride in the important work we do.

**How will you contribute?**

We are seeking two Audit Leaders to lead a range of external audits within Financial Audit. Reporting to a Director, Financial Audit, Audit Leaders lead a dedicated professional audit team to deliver high quality audits, varying in size and complexity, for a diverse portfolio of government clients.

In particular, Audit Leaders will:

- achieve quality audits within defined times and budgets, meeting methodology, professional standards and legislative requirements
- maintain optimum client satisfaction through relationship management while identifying audit outcomes which have impact and can be readily reported to parliament.
- plan and manage a challenging financial audit program, involving leadership of a mobile team across multiple locations
- develop the capabilities, knowledge and experience of the audit team through inspiring leadership and investment in people.

**What will you need to succeed?**

**We need someone who has**:

- sound experience in risk-based financial audits
- strong leadership skills with the ability to engage, motivate and develop staff
- sound judgement in financial, resource, and people management
- a thorough knowledge of accounting and auditing practices, processes and legislative and regulatory frameworks and requirements
- worked on a range of complex and diverse audits
- influenced stakeholders to adopt audit recommendations and provided relevant and informative audit reports.

**Essential requirements**:

- tertiary qualification in an appropriate business discipline
- full membership of CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand or the Institute of Public Accountants
- thorough understanding and knowledge of relevant legislation, professional standards, auditing concepts and techniques.

**What are the benefits?**

On offer is a total remuneration package (including superannuation) from **$161,832 to $204,399** per annum depending on experience, skills and capabilities. You will also have access to flexible work practices and arrangements.

The Audit Office is a rewarding, challenging and impactful place to work where we value diversity and take a collaborative approach to ‘getting things done’. Here you can have a career with purpose, and real work-life balance as well as unique opportunities for professional development and personal growth.

Our flexible work practices provide our employees with choice in the way they work, within the context of their roles, creating a diverse, skilled and motivated workforce capable of delivering quality products and efficient services. This means that some days you’ll be in the office, surrounded by peers, colleagues or clients and working collaboratively. Other days, you’ll be working where you choose, so you can have the focused environment you need to get the task at hand done best. Our flexible approach to work means you’ll enjoy the best of both worlds when you join the Audit Office.

Our flexible work practices provide our employees with choice in the way they work, within the context of their roles, creating a diverse, skilled and motivated workforce capable of delivering quality products and efficient services. This means that some days you’ll be in the office, surrounded by peers, colleagues or clients and working collaboratively. Other days, you’ll be working where you choose, so you can have the focused environment you need to get the task at hand done best. Our flexible approach to work means you’ll enjoy the best of both worlds when you join the Audit Office.

**How can you get started?**
- Describe a time when you had to negotiate with an external stakeholder to accept a contentious misstatement or audit observation. Include the techniques you used and the outcome. (300 word limit).
- In a highly diverse and geographically dispersed work environment, it can be difficult to build a common culture of expectations and standards. Describe how you have done so in the past. What results can be attributed to your efforts? (300 word limit).

Applications close midnight **Sunday 26 November 2023**.

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