Digital Audit Assistant Manager

KDN Digital Audit is a specialized team that supports member firms in implementing and scaling their local Data & Analytics (D&A) capabilities within the audit function. We work closely with member firms across geographies to enable efficient use of analytical tools and processes, enhancing audit quality and insights. Our goal is to drive consistency, efficiency, and innovation in the digital audit space through centralized support and automation.

Our team is responsible for key activities such as – data extraction from client ERP systems, data sanitization, and performing validation checks on journals and trial balances reports using SQL, Alteryx among other advanced technologies. We create standardized text files for processing on tools like advanced capabilities of KPMG’s cloud-based audit platform & AI transaction scoring (AITS) and assist in running and interpreting results. KDN Digital Audit plays a crucial role in enabling data-driven audits across the network.

How you will make your mark:

• Collaborate with member firm’s D&A champion to identify suitable audit engagements for AI-enabled Data & Analytical (D&A) procedures.
• Support planning & kick-off meetings to align on scope, expectations, timelines, and roles.
• Guide audit teams in defining data requirements and support client discussions to obtain accurate and complete data.
• Assist in setting up key elements for AI-enabled D&A procedures such as financial data structuring.
• Liaise effectively with data professionals and coordinate information flow among engagement teams, IT technology leads, Global Delivery Centers, managers, and DASH pod leads to support the data life cycle and ensure alignment with audit objectives.
• Interpret results from AI-enabled D&A procedures and support audit teams in identifying areas of risk or further testing.
• Document and communicate insights derived from D&A procedures to audit teams.
• Manage medium-sized assignments independently and support larger assignments, including budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, and progress monitoring, while reporting to a manager or director.
• Identification of issues/missing information and managing & tracking the open issues until resolved.
• Coach junior team members, including reviewing their work, tracking chargeability and supporting career development programs.

Mandatory Skills:

• Bachelor's Degree in Public Accounting (Contaduría Pública) or Master's Degree in Accounting.
• Minimum of 3 years of financial statement audit experience in public accounting, including supervisory experience, preferably within a large or globally recognized audit firm and/or Delivery Center environment.
• Applied working knowledge of US GAAP, GAAS, and PCAOB Auditing Standards.
• Prior experience of working on D&A procedures on audit engagements would be an added advantage
• Previous Big 4 audit experience will be strongly preferred

Preferred Technical skills:

Fluent in English and Spanish.

• Intermediate knowledge of audit methodology related to risk assessment, controls testing, and substantive procedures.
• Experience of reviewing or applying risk of material misstatements in audits.
• Intermediate to Advanced level in MS Excel and MS Word.
• Knowledge of Power BI, SQL, Alteryx or any ETL tools would be an added advantage