Audit Assistant - Audit Centralization Trailblazer (Start ASAP)

About KPMG Malaysia

KPMG is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organizations. The company offers three service lines: financial auditing, tax, and advising with over 236,000 workers and offices in 145 countries.

Your role

This program allows for a unique introduction to many of the avenues that a professional Audit career has to offer. The Audit Centralization Trailblazer Program is a 2-Year Program that aims to provide KPMG Trailblazers with hands-on experience while developing their interest and discovering their full potential as future Auditors.

As an Audit Centralization Trailblazer, you will be part of a comprehensive and fulfilling start to your career journey as you gain experience in Audit Procedures. You will be spending 2 years familiarizing yourself with the fundamental of Audit Procedures while assisting and supporting KPMG's Auditors in their daily operations.

Responsibilities:

• Audit Confirmation
  • To process the request submitted by the engagement team; check the letter are in order and follow up with the audit team on insufficient information.
  • Update into tracking list which is part of the audit working paper to be included in audit / KPMG Clara by the engagement team.
  • Chase for a confirmation reply from a third party to meet the deadline required.
• Auditing Dormant Entities
  • To carry out audit procedures for Dormant Entities
  • Document and perform audit working papers and obtain sufficient Audit evidence for Dormant Entities.
• Audit Inventory Count
  • To assist Audit engagement teams in inventory count.
  • Prepare working papers for Inventory count
• Statutory Audit
  • To assist the team member at the company secretary's office to extract minutes, director circular resolution, and relevant forms for the client's current year's activities.
  • To do cross-referencing in the Audit working paper.
• Data Sanitization
  • Help the engagement team to sanitize raw data extracted from the client's accounting system into relevant data for Audit purposes (data sampling) Download the Announcement.
• Download PLC announcement, bursa monthly closing, foreign exchange rate, and daily commodities for audit work references.
• General admin/audit work.
• Chasing for outstanding payment from a debtor.
• Prepare financial statement roll forward or skeleton for a new client.
• Financial statement call over/proofread and casting.

Training and development

You will get opportunities for training and development specifically designed for this program as below:

• Opportunity to be converted to Audit Associate in the Audit Department
• Sponsorship of Professional Paper
• Opportunity to experience the fundamentals of Audit and to learn Audit knowledge during the program.
• Exclusive Audit training from KPMG Business School
• Direct mentorship from Audit Partner

Compensation & benefits

KPMG Malaysia doesn't provide specific information about the salary and benefits for this role. However, based on another career portal, Audit Associate roles at KPMG Malaysia will earn MYR 37,800 per year on average. Meanwhile, this position is a level under the role of Audit Associate but is above the intern level which earns MYR 12,000 per year. So, you may expect to earn within that range. However, as this is not official salary information, you may also earn more than that, it depends on the company's policy and the agreement you will make.

As for the benefits, full-time employees may get healthcare & insurance, vision insurance, financial & retirement, paid time off (vacation leave, maternity & paternity leave, sick leave, bereavement leave), employee discount, apprenticeship program, job training & tuition. (source:glassdoor.com)

Career progression

On their site, KPMG Malaysia does offer a clear career progression that starts from the penultimate students to graduate to experienced professionals. To reach each step, there will be assessment and performance requirements that need to be fulfilled. After this program, you may be converted to an Audit Associate.

Work-life balance

Although working in Big 4 companies is known to be very busy and probably will make you do a lot of overtime, you don't need to worry so much. It's because KPMG has provided flexible working time arrangements to maintain a good WLB (work-life balance) for their employees. 

Company culture

In all it does, KPMG is dedicated to maintaining the best standards of conduct both personally and professionally. Everyone at KPMG is expected to uphold the promise of excellence since integrity and morals are fundamental to what the organization is.

About you

To apply for this position, you should meet the following requirements:

• STPM Holders, Diploma, Advance Diploma in Accounting with a minimum CGPA of 3.50
• ACCA or CAT with a minimum completion of 9/13 papers
• SPM or equivalent with a minimum 5As (compulsory English & Mathematics)
• Good interpersonal, communication, and documentation skills
• Able to manage a variety of tasks and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and to travel outstation for fieldwork purposes.
• Malaysian candidate(s) only.

How to apply

To apply for this vacancy, simply click the button "Apply on employer site" below. We will direct you to KPMG Malaysia's official link. Make sure you've read all of the mentioned requirements for this role.