• Analyze business processes and define efforts to remediate gaps in operational performance.
• Focus on Finance Process Optimization changes that achieve conformance goals.
• Manage teams and billing, lead client interactions, assist with proposals and proposal development, opportunity pursuit, client expectation and account management.
• Identify and address client needs: build, maintain, and utilize networks of client relationships and industry involvement and communicate the value proposition.
• Prepare and/or coordinate complex written presentation materials.
• Develop client-focused solutions based on understanding strategy, operations and management in a number of functional areas of corporations and organizations.
• Utilize previous consulting and industry experience to help companies set and achieve their long term goals.
• Experience in acquiring and managing engagements.
• Assess compliance risks and controls, developing and implementing compliance supervisory and control solutions and assisting with the response and/or remediation actions.
• Identify and address client needs: develop and sustain deep client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities
• Prepare and present complex written and verbal materials

- Define resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collection.

- Lead teams to generate a vision, establish direction and motivate members, create an atmosphere of trust, leverage diverse views, coach staff, and encourage improvement and innovation.

- Perform accurate analyses and design effective solutions for a variety of client issues

- Work directly with clients to address their issues and act as the front-line relationship contact

- Access Grant Thornton's global network to bring the best experience to the client

- Work with team members and client personnel to plan engagement strategy, define objectives and address risks and issues.

- Write and present reports that document results of work performed

- Other duties as assigned.

• Provide partners over a portfolio of clients and deliver high quality audit and tax service, including preparing and reviewing audit plans and work;
• Developing and retaining key clients and expanding firm's capabilities across all areas of the business;
• Achieve team and individual budgets and performance objectives;
• Manages project financials, including budgets, timely billing and collection and variance recognition;
• Maintain the highest technical and professional standard;
• Providing additional help and guidance to clients on a consultancy basis;
• Participants in the development of ways to meet client needs, contributes to proposal delivery;
• Identifying ways to maximize the relationship with clients and deliver added value;
• Be seen as a role model for auditing professionals.

• Manage and direct the audit of retail, automotive, IT, media and stevedore companies following IFRS and Ukrainian GAAP standards;
• Manage a portfolio of clients and foster solid engagement relationships, including review of clients financial statements, fees negotiation, engagement letters preparation, cash flows management;
• Successfully manage critical audit engagements by leveraging solid audit consultation and negotiation skills;
• Lead, manage, goal setting, train and coach audit teams to enable competencies development in audit methodology and to foster a cohesive team environment.
• Develop the overall audit strategy by managing key audit relationships across a wide variety of industry sectors to ensure compliance with IFRS and GAAP standards;

• Provided supervision, guidance, development of audit approach and audit programs;

• Preparation of audit strategy - setting budgets, scheduling audits, selecting staff and assigning workloads.

• Performed and reviewed walkthrough and tests of controls for integrated audit engagements under PCAOB requirements (SOX Section 404 compliance) and Japanese standards for ICFR (J-SOX);

• Identified controls deficiencies (SOCD) under PCAOB requirements;

• US GAAP and IFRS audit of public and mid-size private company; reviewed reporting packages and financial statements and foot­note disclosures in conformity with US GAAP and IFRS;

• Proficiency in applying U.S. GAAP, GAAS standards, SEC and PCAOB auditing requirements;

• Performed risk assessment of the nature of errors that could result from the client's accounting estimates, identified unusual and unexpected transactions;

• Ensured the accuracy of the company's fixed assets and qualified information for tax purposes;

• Assisted in auditing tax returns and associated reconciling and processing activities;

• Reviewed tax provisions under FAS 109, tax accruals and identified book/tax differences between GAAP and federal tax law;

• Provided in-depth analytical reviews in relation to client's business processes, segments, results;

• Proposed on adjustment and reclassification of journal entries upon US GAAP principles and IFRS;

• Experienced in managing multiple engagements and supervising staff;

• Reviewed and prepared DCF models in agricultural industry, reviewed goodwill and intangible assets valuation models, experienced in auditing of M&A transactions;

• Worked in large teams consisting of more than 10;

• Continuous and result based interaction with clients (participated in meetings; presented results to client personnel, etc.);

• Developed people through teamwork, integrity and leadership;

• Cooperated with team members to set goals & responsibilities;

• Possessed excellent analytical, technical (MS Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint), accounting and auditing skills.

• Perform and control the full audit cycle including risk management and control management over operations' effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with all applicable directives and regulations
• Determine internal audit scope and develop annual plans
• Obtain, analyse and evaluate accounting documentation, previous reports, data, flowcharts etc
• Prepare and present reports that reflect audit's results and document process
• Act as an objective source of independent advice to ensure validity, legality and goal achievement
• Identify loopholes and recommend risk aversion measures and cost savings
• Maintain open communication with management and audit committee
• Document process and prepare audit findings memorandum
• Conduct follow up audits to monitor management's interventions
• Engage to continuous knowledge development regarding sector's rules, regulations, best practices, tools, techniques and performance standards