Job Description

CharteredPartners is seeking an experienced assurance professional to join our client in Sydney at Partner level. The successful candidate will hold engagement sign-off responsibility as a registered company auditor, lead assurance delivery across listed and large private clients, and take ownership of practice growth and referral relationships. Specific qualifications, regulatory fluency and technical breadth are detailed in the sections that follow.

Confidential Client. Applying to this position means that you are interested to have an initial confidential discussion about how we can help you to identify and join a new accounting-firm practice. With your authorisation we will exclusively run the entire application and recruitment process for you, keeping you apprised at every step. With over 30 years' combined experience of helping the most talented accounting, audit, tax and advisory professionals to make safe, well-judged moves into rewarding new roles, we have the experience, network and ability to help you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as engagement signing partner on statutory audits, taking final sign-off responsibility for opinions issued under the Australian Auditing Standards (ASA).
• Lead and conclude on significant audit judgements under Australian Accounting Standards, including the audit of complex estimates and going concern.
• Own a portfolio of ASX-listed, large private and group assurance clients, managing acceptance, scoping and engagement economics.
• Originate new mandates and grow the practice through referral networks, intermediaries and client expansion.
• Provide technical leadership to managers and senior staff, reviewing difficult areas of the file and resolving contentious matters.
• Maintain registration standing with ASIC as a registered company auditor and support inspection and quality review readiness.
• Oversee independence, ethics and quality management compliance across the portfolio.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Chartered Accountant with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CAANZ, or a member of CPA Australia, in good standing.
• Registered, or immediately eligible to be registered, with ASIC as a registered company auditor (RCA).
• Substantial post-qualification experience in external audit, with partner-level or equivalent engagement leadership.
• Demonstrable sign-off or de facto signing experience on statutory audits of listed or large private entities.
• Deep working knowledge of the Australian Auditing Standards and Australian Accounting Standards.
• Familiarity with ASX listing rules and the obligations of listed entities and their auditors.
• Strong grasp of independence, ethics and quality management requirements for Australian audit firms.
• Evidence of building and retaining client relationships and of winning new assurance work.
• Sound commercial judgement on engagement risk, pricing and resourcing.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with the standing to engage boards and audit committees.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience within a mid-tier or larger firm with a registered company auditor population.
• Exposure to APRA-regulated entities or other regulated-sector assurance.
• Sector depth in areas such as financial services, resources, real estate or technology.
• Familiarity with ATO reporting interactions and the tax dimension of audited financial statements.
• Track record of mentoring managers towards RCA registration.
• An established referral network among lawyers, bankers and corporate advisers in Australia.

Compensation:

Competitive package commensurate with seniority and experience, including base, performance-based bonus, long-term incentives and (where applicable) partner-track participation.

Next Steps:

This opportunity is open to Australian citizens, permanent residents and candidates holding or eligible for the relevant Australian work rights who match the above criteria. Please apply to receive prompt contact from an experienced and specialist accounting-firm recruitment consultant.

Chartered Partners is a trading style of Feltan Associates Pte Ltd; an international Executive Search, Recruitment and Consulting business based in Singapore, licensed and regulated by the Singapore Ministry of Manpower to conduct recruitment services for clients. UEN: 202225620G. EA Licence 23S1672. All rights reserved.