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Experienced Auditors (Asset Wealth Management)

SAPRO
South Africa Posted Oct 30, 2026
Full-time

About this role

We are looking for experienced Audit Professionals to support a client engagement starting December 2026. This short-term contract assignment is an exciting opportunity to contribute to complex audit projects in the Financial Services sector, with a focus on Asset Wealth Management (Asset Management, Private Equity and Investment Management).

If you have Big 4 experience, strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and PCAOB standards, and thrive in fast-paced, quality-driven environments, we want to hear from you.

Contract details:

Contract type: Fixed Term contract

Contract Duration: December 2026 to March 2027 Sector experience: Asset Management, Private Equity and Investment Management experience required

Firm experience: Big 4 experience essential

We are looking for Experienced Audit professionals on Short Term Assignments with the following minimum requirements & qualifications:

Senior Minimum requirements:

  • ITC/Board 1 Pass - Non-negotiable

  • Fully Qualified ACA / ACCA / CPA

  • 4+ years of Public Accounting audit experience

  • Review and coaching of junior team members.

  • Audit and documentation of basic and complex audit sections.

SIC Minimum requirements:

  • ITC/Board 1 Pass - Non-negotiable

  • Fully Qualified ACA / ACCA / CPA

  • 5+ years of Public Accounting audit experience

  • 2+ years of experience leading teams and managing audits, end to end.

  • Planning the budget and resources for audits.

  • Proven track record in reviewing and signing off on work papers.

Solid understanding of:

  • U.S. GAAP

  • PCAOB standards

  • Strong grasp of technical accounting and financial reporting standards relevant to Financial Services

  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

  • Proactive, committed, and deadline-driven

  • Excellent time management and organizational skills

Key Responsibilities

  • Senior:

  • Provides timely, high-quality deliverables covering complex sections, with a reasonable number of workpaper comments. 

  • May  facilitate fieldwork, coordinate deliverables from multiple team members. 

  • Demonstrates depth of knowledge of methodology, relevant standards, and systems and may collaborate with Manager to guide associates, interns and monitor productivity and workplan schedule 

  • Proactively addresses client concerns and escalates issues as they arise.  Interacts with clients and engagement teams to help ensure the information flow from the client to the team is efficient.

  • SIC:

  • Provides timely, high-quality deliverables covering complex sections while overseeing fieldwork, coordinating deliverables from multiple team members.

  • Demonstrates a depth of knowledge of systems, methodology and can educate and redirect team members. Leads the team through the engagement and prepares financial statements, related disclosures, and reportable conditions letters, focusing on quality and accuracy. 

  • Actively monitors productivity, budgets and ensures adherence to work plan schedule.  

  • Note:

  • Should you be successful in your application, you are expected to have access to the internet, and to ensure that the internet connection is uninterrupted and always accessible. This should be, at minimum, a fibre connection with a proven bandwidth of 50mbps upload and 50Mbps download speed, with a latency of no more than 30ms. This connection should be sustainable in the event of power interruptions. 

  • Audit experience and alignment to a specific level within SAPRO, shall be determined based on your individual audit exposure, technical interview and evaluation.

  • Generally, we work on a 4 hour overlap with the host firm, however this is client dependent.

  • AI may support our recruitment process, but all final decisions are made by our Talent Team. Human judgment remains central to our hiring decisions.

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