Senior Auditor Job Description

A Senior Auditor job description template to hire for your Accounting department.

About the Senior Auditor position

We are looking for a skilled Senior Auditor who will manage and optimize our auditing activities. Your duty will be ensuring our company’s financial operations and controls are accurate and fully compatible with standards and regulations in this sphere.

A successful candidate must be a good analyst with a critical approach and good knowledge of auditing processes. Good expertise in risk management and compliance are required٫ as well as high reliability and strong organizational skills.

Senior Auditor responsibilities are:

• Planning and reviewing the auditing activities
• Analyze risks and develop measures to reduce them
• Manage the auditor team٫ allocating responsibilities and reviewing the team’s performance
• Ensuring the timely completion of audits
• Managing periodical audits
• Preparing reports to auditing manager
• Optimizing the audit process to increase compliance and efficiency

Senior Auditor requirements are:

• 3+ years’ experience of working on an auditor position
• Profound knowledge of auditing and control requirements and practices
• Good knowledge of laws and regulations in company’s area
• Team building and leadership abilities
• Strong analytical and mathematical skills
• Reliability٫ productivity٫ and attention to detail
• Good practical experience with MS Office٫ particularly Excel
• Familiarity with accounting software
• BSc or BA degree in Accounting or Finance; master’s degree and professional certification (such as CPA٫ CMA) would be a bonus