[Hiring] Experienced Auditors (Insurance or Asset Wealth Management) @SAPRO

Role Description

We are looking for experienced Audit Professionals to support a client engagement starting January 2027, with onboarding starting potentially from November 2026. This short-term contract assignment is an exciting opportunity to contribute to complex audit projects in the Financial Services sector, with a focus on Insurance or Asset and Wealth Management.

If you have Big 4 experience, strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and PCAOB standards, and thrive in fast-paced, quality-driven environments, we want to hear from you.

• Contract type: Independent Contractor Agreement
• Contract Duration: Potentially as early as November 2026 through March 2027
• Industry: Insurance or Asset Wealth Management non-negotiable
• Firm experience: Big 4 experience essential

Qualifications

• Senior Minimum requirements:
• ITC/Board 1 Pass - Non-negotiable
• Fully Qualified ACA / ACCA / CPA
• 4+ years of Public Accounting audit experience
• Review and coaching of junior team members.
• Audit and documentation of basic and complex audit sections.
• SIC Minimum requirements:
• ITC/Board 1 Pass - Non-negotiable
• Fully Qualified ACA / ACCA / CPA
• 5+ years of Public Accounting audit experience
• 2+ years of experience leading teams and managing audits, end to end.
• Planning the budget and resources for audits.
• Proven track record in reviewing and signing off on work papers.
• Manager Minimum requirements:
• Fully Qualified CA(SA) / CA(Z) / ACA / ACCA / CPA
• 6+ years of Public Accounting audit experience
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in leading teams and managing audits.
• Supervision of the engagement team, tasks and budget.
• Project management of audits from planning to completion, including review and sign-off on key audit sections.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP
• PCAOB standards
• Strong grasp of technical accounting and financial reporting standards relevant to Financial Services
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive, committed, and deadline-driven
• Excellent time management and organizational skills

Key Responsibilities

• Senior:
• Provides timely, high-quality deliverables covering complex sections, with a reasonable number of workpaper comments.
• May facilitate fieldwork, coordinate deliverables from multiple team members.
• Demonstrates depth of knowledge of methodology, relevant standards, and systems and may collaborate with Manager to guide associates, interns and monitor productivity and workplan schedule.
• Proactively addresses client concerns and escalates issues as they arise.
• Interacts with clients and engagement teams to help ensure the information flow from the client to the team is efficient.
• SIC:
• Provides timely, high-quality deliverables covering complex sections while overseeing fieldwork, coordinating deliverables from multiple team members.
• Demonstrates a depth of knowledge of systems, methodology and can educate and redirect team members.
• Leads the team through the engagement and prepares financial statements, related disclosures, and reportable conditions letters, focusing on quality and accuracy.
• Actively monitors productivity, budgets and ensures adherence to work plan schedule.
• Manager:
• Provides timely, high-quality client service, including planning, budgeting, and coordinating all client deliverables.
• Understands skill sets and capabilities of team members, monitors and reviews work produced to ensure quality and skill development.
• Capable of managing larger, more complex engagement teams, ensures client satisfaction and team morale.
• Proactively and confidently communicates with all levels at the Firm and client.

Note

• Should you be successful in your application, you are expected to have access to the internet, and to ensure that the internet connection is uninterrupted and always accessible.
• This should be, at minimum, a fibre connection with a proven bandwidth of 50mbps upload and 50Mbps download speed, with a latency of no more than 30ms.
• This connection should be sustainable in the event of power interruptions.
• Audit experience and alignment to a specific level within SAPRO, shall be determined based on your individual audit exposure, technical interview and evaluation.
• Generally, we work on a 4 hour overlap with the host firm, however this is client dependent.