The Opportunity

Kantilal Patel & Co. (KPC) is looking for an Executive in Statutory Audit.

Your Key Responsibilities

The Executive should have prior experience in audit attestation domain and should have proven experience in delivery of quality audit services. Prior experience of handling listed entity audits in SAP software environment along with team and people management skills and ability to handle stakeholder relationships are essential.

Audit service delivery – Be a contributing member for a group of professionals (10-12) responsible for audit service delivery and ensure timely quality audit deliverables on the work done by self. The professional shall get a good exposure in providing quality audit services to leading corporates in Ahmedabad, primarily focusing on listed companies.

Statutory Audit Executives are required to assist the conducting of operational, financial, process, systems and sustainability audits designed to review and appraise its activities, systems and controls, which includes:

• To lead the substantive testing of the audit engagement.
• To have good knowledge of the standards of auditing and the other professional standards applicable to such assignments.
• Work closely with the various teams to deliver timely audit services maintaining high quality
• Participate in standardising and optimising audit processes across the set of clients assigned and have an eye to improve efficiency
• Participate for standardising and optimising the documentation of the workpapers of the audit assignments handled by the professional
• Demonstrate professionalism, industry competence and clarity of communication when dealing with the team and the clients
• Contribute to KPC Training Sessions by taking in-house seminars to continually develop the team's skills on industry specific areas of work
• Lead innovation through technology enabled solutions for various processes being undertaken as a part of the audit assignment
• To lead the substantive testing of the client information and financial statements in accordance with the audit plan formulated
• Assisting the partners in reviewing and checking the financial statements. Primarily responsible for the preparation of the audit report, management comment letter and the management representation letter.

Skillsets required

• Must have strong knowledge of auditing and accounting standards (Ind AS experience and expertise is a must)
• Should have handled listed statutory audit assignments earlier
• Ability to prioritize work on multiple assignments and manage teams across assignments
• Strong verbal and communication skills
• Clarity of thoughts and assertive
• Effectiveness and creativity of written expression - logical, readability and conciseness,
• Good presentation skills and ability to respond promptly
• Should be a team player with a proactive and result oriented approach
• Ability to meet deadlines

To qualify for the role you must have

Qualified Chartered Accountant with minimum 3 years of genuine articleship experience

Other skills that we look for:

• Strong communication, facilitation, relationship-building, presentation and negotiation skills.
• Be highly flexible, adaptable, and creative.
• Comfortable interacting with partners, executives, and juniors (within the firm and at the client).
• Strong leadership skills and supervisory responsibility.

What Working At KPC Offers

We are a growing firm of chartered accountants, exploring our way into new areas of practice and determined to improve our quality year-on-year with in-house benchmarking of high quality standards, and to create an inclusive and motivating environment for performance driven growth. We strive to achieve the right balance for our team, making us capable of delivering excellent client services while allowing our team members to grow in their career with an amazing work life balance. Our client profile includes listed entities which are amongst the top corporates of the country, and our team members have significant exposure in handling assignments across various fields for our varied clientele.

About KPC

KPC is made up of a team of like-minded professionals constantly adding value to our clients' businesses and processes. We focus on research based outputs driven by data, information and analytics for our clients. We are a research oriented multi specialisation firm practising into:

• Statutory Audit
• Risk based Audit
• Forensic Audit
• Valuation (including Registered Valuer services)
• Corporate Tax
• Goods and Services Tax
• International Tax
• Transfer Pricing
• Foreign Exchange Management Law
• Due Diligence
• Corporate Law
• Securities’ Law
• Litigation support