Assistant 2, Audit Department (Almaty/Astana)

Audit Assistant 2 - Almaty/Nur-Sultan

KPMG is one of the world’s most acknowledged companies delivering audit services for clients from a broad range of industries. Audit is an independent verification of the financial statements for the reliability of the provided information. Audit involves certain processes and procedures designed to verify if a true and fair financial statement posted on the company, reflects the results of its operations. Audit also assumes a certain level of understanding of issues and analysis, since we should be able to provide our customers the necessary consultation on the rules and the underlying information in the financial statements and help them understand the current requirements.

Responsibilities:

You may be involved in:

• Reviewing previous audits to understand the processes that are specific for this particular client;
• Checking client records against bank records;
• Checking the existence and accuracy of listed assets;
• Confirming an accurate and complete list of client suppliers;
• Examining the client's stock-taking methods;
• Performing a sample stock-take to evaluate the accuracy of the client's records;
• Testing client processes and controls;
• Preparation of reports on audit findings highlighting key issues, recommendations and showing final accounts;
• Supervising more junior audit team members.

To fulfill the role the candidate is expected to meet the following requirements:

• 2-3 years in the fields of economics, finance, accounting and/or audit;
• Upper-intermediate level of English;
• Strong analytical skills and logical thinking;
• Attention to details;
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and multitask;
• Effective team player;
• Willingness to learn and develop professionally in audit;
• Excellent computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint);
• Ability to work full-time and go on business trips.

What we offer:

• Working as part of an experienced team on complex audit projects for major Kazakhstani and multinational companies;
• Excellent opportunities for career and professional growth;
• A wide range of training and development programs;
• Great professional team and friendly environment;
• Comfortable high-class office.