Pierag Consulting
Website:
pierag.com
Job details:
UK Assurance – Senior
Position: Senior
Role: Statutory Audit
Service Line: Assurance
Employment Type: Permanent
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Location: Gurgaon
About Us:
Pierag is a global consulting firm with a unique business model that blends domestic proficiency with global expertise to serve clients globally. With a team of highly skilled professionals, we serve prominent clients across the US, India, UK, and Southeast Asia in the field of Accounting Advisory, Business Risk, Technology Risk, Assurance, ESG & Sustainability, Transaction Advisory, Tax and Digital. We are a distinctive firm specializing in front-end consulting, GCC excellence, and PE/VC portfolio support and advisory. Fueled by our purpose of 'Inspiring people to do things that Inspire them’ and driven by our values of ‘Excellence, Equity and Empathy’, we empower our team to deliver exceptional results for our clients. Pierag was founded in February 2021 and was formerly known as Pierian – Assurance and Advisory Services. We have our offices in Gurugram, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Washington DC, Melbourne, and Singapore.
About the Role:
As a Senior, you would be the main point of contact from Pierag for the tasks assigned by the UK client serving audit teams and be responsible for the timeliness and quality of deliverables along with managing day to day operations of those engagements. The role requires the individual to possess technical knowledge, including ability to interpret audit and accounting standards and strong project management skills along with excellent communication and leadership skills. Seniors would have associate level personnel to work with at Pierag and get the tasks executed from them along with performing a review as a senior, which is defined by the Global client serving audit teams. The role will provide an experience of Pierag’s multinational clients who would get an exposure to various Auditing & Accounting standards like UK GAAP, IFRS.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead an engagement from the Pierag front and ensure the team delivers timely and high-quality work, in line with the Global team expectations.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of audit while performing reviews of audit procedures performed by staff.
• Document work performed fully to the level agreed with the reviewing Manager and conclude clearly on individual tests and sections completed.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with key client contacts.
• Proactively discuss workflow management with the audit teams, allocating resources to the assigned work and monitoring performance against standards.
• Monitor time against budget on assigned engagements and flag overruns promptly.
• Demonstrate professionalism, competence and clarity of communication when dealing with Pierag and Global audit teams.
• Establish expectations of value to be delivered to the respective Global teams aligned.
• Identify opportunities to improve the scope of work for Pierag on one's own engagements.
• Standardize audit processes along with leveraging best practices across one's aligned engagements or beyond.
• Motivate and lead one's Pierag team members, identify and foster key talents, coach and supervise team members
• Be responsible for various operational matters related to engagements aligned.
• Conduct timely performance reviews and provide performance feedback/training. Lead by example.
Qualifications:
• 3-6 years’ of experience (CA/ACCA Qualified) with Mid-or top-tier accounting firm or Big 4's, focused on external or statutory audits
• Internship with other big four or mid-tier accounting firm
• Knowledge of Ind AS (Indian Accounting Standards) and auditing standards.
• Knowledge of UK GAAP and FRS 102; familiarity with IFRS and international auditing standards is an advantage.
• Track record of strong academic performance. Skills & Competencies:
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, combined with leadership, project management, coaching, and supervisory abilities.
• Ability to spread positive work culture, teaming
• The ability to quickly form strong working relationship with colleagues in India and UK teams
• Analytical ability to review trends, ratios and relationships between figures to identify risks and obtain explanations for variances.
• Sound judgement in assessing risk and prioritising conflicting deadlines within a tight timetable.
Why Join us?
• Work on high-impact engagements with global clients across industries
• Gain hands-on exposure across service lines in a fast-growing consulting firm
• Learn and grow in a culture driven by Excellence, Equity, and Empathy
• Benefit from flexible work arrangements and a collaborative, people-first environment
• Awardee of Excellence in Digital Transformation by ACCA India.
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