Manager/Partner – External Audit

The Role

Dubai Firm is seeking an experienced and dynamic Manager/Partner – External Audit to join our team as a key partner in delivering audit services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee audit engagements, including agreeing on audit timetables, briefing teams, and monitoring engagement budgets.
• Ensure all work is completed profitably, on time, and in compliance with the firm’s professional standards, meeting client and engagement partner expectations.
• Manage, motivate, and coach audit team members, providing constructive feedback and fostering professional development through regular communication.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, particularly within the Financial Services sector, with an emphasis on banking institutions.
• Define audit objectives and establish the overall scope of engagements.
• Plan and coordinate all aspects of audit planning, including resource allocation and management.
• Conduct reviews with professional skepticism, critically assessing testing results and objectively challenging the assumptions and data supporting management’s assertions.
• Review and approve final audit reports for submission.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related business discipline; a postgraduate qualification is preferred.
• Professionally qualified (ACA, CPA, ACCA) with extensive post-qualification audit experience.
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in External Audit within a top-tier international firm.
• Proven experience managing complex audits and effectively delegating workloads.
• Strong track record of engagement management and delivering high-quality audit outcomes.
• Sound knowledge of UAE legal and regulatory requirements, as well as international auditing standards.
• Understanding of IT systems and their application to audit processes.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal communication, report-writing skills, and attention to detail.
• Commitment to quality and professional standards.
• Fluent in English, with excellent written and oral communication skills.

About the company

Adcourt is a boutique firm, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, providing a bespoke combination of legal and corporate services to private clients, global entrepreneurs, family offices start-ups, SMEs and multinational corporations across various industries and fields.

Our unique offer is complemented by an independently licensed sports consultancy division focusing on marketing & management services in the fields of sports, entertainment and related businesses.

Our clients benefit from Adcourts extensive local expertise, a predictable and straight-forward fees structure and a can-do attitude.