Job Description

CharteredPartners is seeking an experienced audit professional to join our client in Singapore at Senior Manager level. The successful candidate will manage statutory audit engagements end to end, supervise and develop teams, and act as the principal day-to-day contact for clients while supporting the engagement partner through to sign-off. 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:

• Manage a portfolio of statutory audit engagements from planning through to completion under the Singapore Standards on Auditing (SSA).
• Act as the principal day-to-day contact for client finance teams, coordinating information flow and resolving queries.
• Review the work of seniors and associates, ensuring file quality and the appropriate documentation of audit judgements under SFRS(I).
• Prepare and clear review points for the engagement partner, supporting timely sign-off.
• Monitor engagement budgets, recovery and team utilisation, flagging overruns early.
• Supervise, coach and appraise audit staff, supporting CA (Singapore) progression.
• Contribute to proposals and scoping for new and recurring engagements.

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Chartered Accountant of Singapore, CA (Singapore), or holder of an equivalent recognised qualification such as ACCA or ICAEW.
• Several years of post-qualification external audit experience, including engagement management responsibility.
• Strong working knowledge of the Singapore Standards on Auditing and SFRS(I).
• Experience managing audits of private and, ideally, SGX-listed entities.
• Demonstrable ability to run multiple engagements concurrently to deadline and budget.
• Sound understanding of independence, ethics and quality requirements for audit work.
• Effective review skills and attention to documentation quality.
• Confident communicator able to manage client relationships directly.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• A track record of developing and retaining junior staff.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience within a mid-tier or larger firm with a registered public accountant population.
• Exposure to group audits and coordination with overseas component teams.
• Sector familiarity in areas such as real estate, manufacturing, technology or services.
• Awareness of IRAS reporting interactions and the tax dimension of audited accounts.
• Progress towards eligibility for ACRA public accountant registration.
• Experience contributing to practice development and proposals.

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 Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents and candidates eligible to obtain the relevant Singapore work pass 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.