Experienced Associate - External Audit (JRC)

About the role

Deloitte is hiring an Experienced Associate in its External Audit practice under the JRC line, based in Amman, Jordan, to support clients across the UAE. The role involves delivering high-quality audit services, liaising with onshore and offshore centres of excellence and applying professional scepticism throughout the engagement.

Key responsibilities

• Build trust with stakeholders by understanding their service level expectations
• Deliver high-quality services with awareness of regulation and risk management impacts on business processes and controls
• Understand key statistics and industry matters about the entity before the engagement begins
• Adapt template referral instructions to define the scope of procedures and audit focus, and liaise with onshore and offshore centres of excellence
• Assist in tracking deliverables from component auditors and link risks, controls, procedures and findings across the EMS file
• Articulate audit quality milestones and challenge the timing of the audit plan
• Prepare documentation, anticipate reviewer questions and distinguish accounting from auditing judgements
• Develop relationships beyond the finance function and apply professional scepticism
• Apply AI in an audit context, validate AI-generated outputs and follow responsible AI expectations

Required profile

• Degree in Accounting or a related field; graduate degree desired
• 2+ years of experience in public auditing and accounting, preferably in Big Audit Firms
• International accounting qualification desired: CA, ACCA or CPA, preferably CA
• Fluent English (reading, speaking and writing); bilingual Arabic/English preferred
• Based in Amman, available to travel to the UAE as required

Required skills

• Public auditing and accounting
• Engagement planning and management
• Use of AI in audit contexts, including prompt engineering fundamentals