Background information about the job or company

RSM is a powerful network of audit, tax and consulting experts with offices all over the world. As an integrated team, we share skills, insight and resources, as well as a client-centric approach that’s based on a deep understanding of your business. This is how we empower you to move forward with confidence and realise your full potential. This is The Pow...

Responsibilities or duties

• Carrying out an audit, following the audit plan, under the supervision of the field team leader and the team leader.
• Carrying out any other tasks as may be delegated from time to time.
• Working as an effective team member to complete assigned tasks within the time budgeted for those tasks and communicating the engagement progress on a daily basis to the field team leader.
• Ensuring review notes on assigned tasks are resolved within 24 hours or such other time as agreed with the team leader.
• Identifying engagement issues and communicating these, as they arise, to the team leader.
• Effectively documenting work to performance standards.
• Actively developing technical skills on the job and through formal training and complying with the firm’s CPD requirements.
• Building working relationships with the client.

Qualifications or requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Certifications preferred - CPA (Kenya) or ACCA – ongoing or completed.
• Familiarity with Kenyan regulatory frameworks is desirable.
• Experience working in a multicultural environment.

Experience needed

• Candidates with a minimum of six (6) months to one (1) year of audit/accounting/finance internship or work experience are encouraged to apply.

• Carrying out an audit, following the audit plan, under the supervision of the field team leader and the team leader.
• Carrying out any other tasks as may be delegated from time to time.
• Working as an effective team member to complete assigned tasks within the time budgeted for those tasks and communicating the engagement progress on a daily basis to the field team leader.
• Ensuring review notes on assigned tasks are resolved within 24 hours or such other time as agreed with the team leader.
• Identifying engagement issues and communicating these, as they arise, to the team leader.
• Effectively documenting work to performance standards.
• Actively developing technical skills on the job and through formal training and complying with the firm’s CPD requirements.
• Building working relationships with the client.

• Good knowledge of accounting and audit procedures
• Eagerness to embrace the RSM culture and embody its values
• Effective documentation skills
• Technical skills development
• Client relationship building

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Certifications preferred - CPA (Kenya) or ACCA – ongoing or completed.
• Familiarity with Kenyan regulatory frameworks is desirable.
• Experience working in a multicultural environment.