Manager, Audit Quality & Risk Management

Overview
At KPMG, you’ll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.
The opportunity
Our Audit Quality and Risk Management group (AQ&RM) is looking for a dynamic individual to join our team as a Manager, Audit Quality & Risk Management. The AQ&RM group helps ensure the Firm and its personnel are in compliance with Professional, Regulatory, and KPMG risk management policies and procedures. The Manager, AQ&RM will primarily focus on activities associated with the planning, execution, evaluation and reporting of results of the annual internal Quality Performance Review (QPR) program. QPR is one of the Firm’s primary monitoring and remediation programs that supports our continuous focus on audit quality. In addition to QPR, the Manager, AQ&RM will also be involved with other Risk Management and Quality initiatives such as annual Root Cause Analysis (RCA), operation of International Standards on Quality Management (ISQM 1) controls relating to QPR among other related projects and initiatives.
What You Will Do

• Maintain up-to-date documentation of risk management processes and various monitoring controls to ensure they continue to operate effectively.
• Respond independently to basic audit risk queries and questions from engagement and QPR review teams and escalate complex queries in accordance with the applicable reporting lines and in a timely manner.
• As part of a team, perform Root Cause Analysis on audit quality issues identified through regulatory reviews, QPR and other monitoring programs and activities of the firm.
• Assist in preparing risk management guidance and training materials for system end-users and as part of the annual QPR program.
• Run reports from QPR systems and apply various data analysis techniques in analyzing and presenting the data for use in risk management projects and processes.
• Draft, edit, and send a variety of communications to regional professional practice leaders and QPR review and engagement teams with a high level of accuracy and professionalism.
• Provide support on a scheduled and ad-hoc basis to audit risk management teams.
• Work collaboratively with a dynamic team to maintain internal compliance systems and execute on general audit risk management projects.
• Provide support to the Director, Audit Quality and Risk Management in managing the QPR Program for the audit practice for KPMG Canada. This includes the planning and scheduling of annual engagement reviews, analyzing and reporting of findings to senior leadership and the Global Audit Quality Monitoring Group and collaboration with the Department of Professional Practice in the determination and implementation of remedial actions for function-wide issues.

What You Bring To The Role

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and collaboratively as part of a team.
• Must be very organized and methodical with the ability to analyze and interpret information, in a way that is open, honest, consistent and clear.
• Post-secondary education in a relevant field or equivalent work experience
• Knowledge of Power BI and data analytics would be an asset.
• Proven track record of teambuilding, relationship management, and dealing effectively with Senior Management.
• Ability to efficiently process urgent requests and reprioritize as appropriate to ensure key targets are met.
• Must possess at least intermediate excel skills (for eg. VLOOKUP, pivot table etc.) and ability to prepare high quality presentations using PowerPoint and other Microsoft applications.
• Prior experience in a large professional services firm or similar environment, including experience in audit or audit risk management, will be an asset.
• Experience with and ability to maintain confidentiality of data.
• Excellent time management, written and verbal communication skills and ability to respond to inquiries with professionalism, attention to detail and ability to generate high quality deliverables.
• High aptitude to learning new systems/technology.
• Excellent project management skills.
• CA/CPA designation or equivalent will be an asset.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills.

This is a remote/hybrid position.
This position requires written and oral fluency in English. The successful candidate may be required to support or collaborate with English-speaking colleagues or stakeholders while at KPMG. The successful candidate may be required to create, interpret and/or apply policies, practices, laws and and/or regulations during the regular course of their employment.
Keys to your success
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Providing you with the support you need to be at your best
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