Director, Insurance, External Audit, Large & Complex Audit & Assurance

Overview

Connect to your Industry Our team combine the latest audit tools, technological innovations and agile processes and procedures to deliver high quality audits. We are proud of our role performing work in the public interest and our audit team are dedicated to the highest standards of independence, professional objectivity, and technical excellence.

Job Description Our team combine the latest audit tools, technological innovations and agile processes and procedures to deliver high quality audits. We are proud of our role performing work in the public interest and our audit team are dedicated to the highest standards of independence, professional objectivity, and technical excellence. We audit a broad range of listed organisations and their subsidiaries in the UK and internationally, as well as other public interest entities such as banks and insurers.

We also have vast audit experience in the private sector, including entrepreneurial and high growth businesses. We have strong industry credentials across the financial services and corporate landscape and can draw on a wide range of specialists and experts across our extensive global network.

Connect to your career at Deloitte Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more. What brings us all together at Deloitte?

It s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way
, serve with integrity
, take care of each other
, foster inclusion
, and collaborate for measurable impact
. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity In the insurance audit team, we work with a wide range of businesses, from listed insurers (life and non-life) to the top international insurance brokers, Lloyd s syndicates and many more across the UK. The team has seen consistent growth in recent years, and this is due to continue making it a very exciting time to be joining the team.

We are looking to expand our team of focused, aspirational, and collaborative insurance practitioners, and as such we are offering the opportunity to join as a Director in our Insurance Audit Group to support this challenging and rapidly expanding business. You can expect senior level exposure and variety. You will work with some of the most influential companies in the UK and internationally, offering expert insights across the whole business.

Innovation is key for us, underpinned by audit quality. You will be joining a diverse team of experts capable of delivering meaningful and durable change for both our clients and our profession.

As a Director In Insurance You'll

• Lead our most complex engagements reporting into your Partner.
• Assume signing responsibilities (subject to regulatory approval) on certain audit engagements.
• Supervise multi location teams (including specialists) to successfully execute engagements in accordance with Deloitte methodology and quality standards, and work to deadlines.
• Lead the change in driving our technological adoption and making continuous improvement in audit methodology.
• Actively engage with business development, including leading audit tenders, helping to develop Deloitte s insurance thought leadership to deliver insight to clients.
• Lead on other assurance projects drawing on your skills around accounting, controls and regulation.
• Assume people leadership responsibility including coaching, staff appraisals and overseeing practice management activities, including facilitation of internal training courses and leading community initiatives.

Connect to your skills and professional experience You must have the following in order to qualify for this role:

• Experienced Auditor with a relevant accounting qualification ACA, ACCA, CA, ICAS or equivalent.
• Life Insurance or…