Manager - AMDC

Roles & Responsibilities:

• The manager will be predominantly responsible for:
• Audit Delivery, Stakeholder Management & Execution
• Lead through planning, execution, and completion stages of audit engagements and coordinate with partners to meet various milestones of the audit.
• Maintain a working knowledge of and research findings regarding accounting literature trends and technical issues relevant to the client's industry.
• Lead engagement teams and perform manager-level reviews on private engagements.
• Oversee engagement management including managing the budget, resourcing strategy, billing and collections, and progress against the plan, timeline, and milestones.
• Lead client communication calls with multinational teams on getting audit queries resolved.
• Identify opportunities to standardize and optimize audit processes across a portfolio of clients and the industry to improve efficiency.
• Proactively discuss audit procedures with the GDC teams, allocating the right resources wherever needed to work and monitor performance against standards by performing continuous reviews.
• Work closely with the engagement teams to transition new engagements and services to GDC while maintaining high quality.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with key KPMG US industry leaders and contacts to grow GDC business.
• Team Leadership, People Management & Process Improvement
• Be a coach/mentor to a team of Seniors and Associates and train them to deliver high-quality, industry-specific work on time and within the time estimates made and agreed with the US engagement teams.
• Monitor and manage key industry-specific performance quality metrics for the GDC teams.
• Understand the scope of GDC offerings across all lines of business to provide innovative solutions for engagement teams' needs.
• Provide innovative solutions and explore opportunities to continually learn, share knowledge with team members, and enhance service delivery in efficient ways.
• Be a performance manager to guide and coach GDC professionals on career advancement and provide continuous feedback throughout the performance year on their development areas.
• Actively participate in and lead the overall performance development and feedback process at team level and at overall GDC level.
• Take steps and strategic measures to inculcate the GDC culture and help improve the overall GPS (Global Pulse Survey) score of the organization.
• Participate in business- and industry-specific knowledge development initiatives at GDC.
• Lead/participate in the firm's strategic initiatives and/or corporate social responsibility programs.
• Improve operational effectiveness through measures to improve people utilization and generate efficiencies.

Mandatory Technical & Functional Skills:

• Knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office and MS Outlook.
• Strong English communication abilities (oral and written) and effective audit documentation skills.
• Effective interpersonal, risk management, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Should possess strong project management, leadership, coaching, counselling, and supervisory skills.