We are looking for a person with passion for auditing, amazing writing skills, fanatical attention to detail while also always keeping in mind the big picture.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Assisting with development of content across a variety of assurance type work.
- Monitoring changes to auditing, accounting, and other relevant standards.
- Maintaining existing content to the latest standards.
- Attending weekly team meetings for general planning and coordination, plus in-person meetings annually.
- Input into the workflow and software features that support the content.
Optional additional tasks (depending on skills and experience):
- Development of supporting and training materials, including writing, and updating support articles to explain changes to content and features.
- Presenting AA specific and general audit training targeting (both live and remote).
- File reviews as part of our training and support services.
- Presenting Audit Assistant to potential new users – both in person and remotely.
- Support of technical auditing nature via helpdesk and phone.
- Preparing monthly email newsletters.
- Onboarding assistance with new firms.
- Participation at conferences and trade shows.
Background and qualifications:
- A suitable qualification in accounting, financial reporting, and auditing.
- Experience in a financial auditing environment, preferably to a senior level.
- Familiarity with current assurance and financial reporting standards.
- Experience with auditing software, ideally with Audit Assistant.
- Proficiency with Microsoft tools.
Attitude and work approach:
- Adaptable (able to pitch in and tackle a variety of work as part of a small team).
- Detail oriented (excellent spelling, grammar, and an eye for detail).
- Responsible (able to take initiative, to work independently, to know when to ask for help).
- Perspective (able to keep the big picture in mind while working on details).
- Serving the team and our customers (delivering personal service that helps our users do their work well and helping each other to do our best work).
Training for role:
- Familiarisation with all aspects of the software.
- Gaining familiarity with supporting software:
- Notion (general documentation repository),
- Zendesk (helpdesk and knowledge base),
- Linear (Work planning and tracking),
- MS Teams (communication, meetings etc.).
Ongoing reporting and accountability:
- Responsible to manager and working directors as required.
- Coordinating with other content developers.
- Team meeting via Teams weekly.
- Team meetings in person at least annually.
- Review meeting after three months, six months, and then every six months after that.
Outcomes:
- After the training period we would expect to see the following kinds of outcomes:
- All updates to standards are translated into templates on a timely basis.
- New templates are developed in coordination with the team on a timely basis.
- Research into emerging assurance work (LCE, Climate, etc.) communicated to the team and translated into appropriate new and existing content.
Hours:
- 25-37.5 hours/week depending on circumstances.
- Five weeks annual leave plus statutory holidays
Locations:
- Remote or from shared space offices (currently Whangarei and Rangiora).
Pay and benefits:
- Salary based on experience and qualifications to be reviewed annually.
- Cost of shared office space rental (depending on location).
- Mobile phone.
- Laptop and external screen provided if required.
- Professional development and CAANZ/CPA membership costs.
- Payment of travel and accommodation costs associated with visiting clients or team meetings.
- A contract option is also possible with terms adjusted accordingly.