Manager, Audit & Assurance

About Deloitte

Deloitte is one of the world’s most respected professional services organizations, known for its large global footprint and strong reputation. The firm has been recognized with multiple honors in recent years, including Best Employer in the Middle East, Best Consulting Firm, and the Middle East Training & Development Excellence Award.

Our purpose

The organization focuses on creating meaningful impact for clients, employees, and society. It aims to help clients through fresh thinking, solving complex problems, and enabling long-term growth. It also works to give professionals a rewarding career environment built on inclusion and collaboration, while strengthening trust, confidence, and integrity in the wider market and supporting communities.

Values

• Lead by example.
• Act with integrity.
• Support one another.
• Promote inclusion.
• Work together to deliver measurable impact.

Role overview

As a Manager in Audit & Assurance, you will take ownership of audit work, guide engagement teams, and help ensure high-quality delivery across client assignments in Abu Dhabi. The role calls for strong technical judgment, stakeholder management, and the ability to apply professional skepticism throughout the audit process.

Key responsibilities

• Earn the confidence of stakeholders by balancing their needs while offering thoughtful challenge on engagement matters.
• Examine transaction flows and assess controls early in the audit so the planned approach and control environment can be evaluated on time.
• Recommend alternative testing when controls are not effective, and use professional judgment to consider wider implications such as fraud risk and governance communications.
• Identify chances to create value by bringing in relevant specialists and expertise from across the firm when needed.
• Participate in group risk assessment and define the work to be carried out by component auditors.
• Prepare and review referral instructions promptly and assess the replies received from component auditors.
• Track file completion during the audit, ensure all points are closed before sign-off, and apply the right file structure for each engagement, including group audits.
• Coordinate early with scheduling and the wider engagement team, and clearly set expectations, responsibilities, and timelines.
• Share the audit plan and any dependencies with client management so they understand possible effects such as deadline or fee changes when the plan shifts.
• Reconfirm key deadlines and expectations with management ahead of critical milestones.
• Carry out reviews with a questioning mindset to assess whether the evidence properly supports management’s assumptions and data.
• Ensure compliance with auditing and accounting standards, relevant laws and regulations, ethical requirements, independence rules, and internal quality control procedures.

Leadership expectations

• Strengthen your understanding of the firm’s purpose and values while looking for ways to contribute.
• Show a strong commitment to learning and development and represent the brand positively when helping attract talent.
• Take ownership of your performance and keep delivery on track.
• Build communication and relationship skills while understanding how your work supports team and business priorities.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience in public accounting, auditing, audit management, budgeting, business planning, or business strategy, ideally with a Big 4 audit firm.
• A degree in Accounting or a closely related discipline.
• Strong understanding of best-practice reporting and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Ability to confirm that accounting and auditing standards are applied consistently and that suitable evidence supports the financial statement assessment.
• Capability to build your own knowledge and help others develop their understanding of Deloitte tools, audit methodology, and professional standards through training and on-the-job experience.
• Ability to review audit workpapers carefully for completeness, accuracy, and sufficiency, while ensuring timely archival.
• International accounting qualification such as CA, ACCA, or CPA is required.
• Fluency in English for reading, speaking, and writing is required.
• Preference will be given to bilingual candidates who speak Arabic and English.

Additional information

This position is based in Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates and is a full-time onsite role.

No salary, stipend, opening count, start date, or application deadline is specified in the source.