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The Quality, Risk and Security (QRS) community is an overarching identity for all the professionals who manage quality and risk for Deloitte. It comprises: Deloitte Business Security (DBS), National Quality and Risk Management (NQRM) and Service Line Quality and Risk Management teams (including Switzerland) and is led by a dedicated partner who sits on the firm’s Executive. Within QRS, we use our skills and experience across a variety of disciplines to support a risk intelligent culture at Deloitte, enabling our partners and practitioners to deliver high quality services to their clients, minimising the administrative burden on our people, and acting as custodians of firm risk, security, ethics and reputation.
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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.
What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.
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Playing an integral and visible role within the firm, the Deloitte Independence Support Centre of Excellence (DISCoE) team is responsible for supporting some of the firm’s key audit clients in relation to monitoring, assessing, and documenting non-audit services/relationships and our assessment on their permissibility.
This role offers a unique opportunity to work with client service teams across the firm, providing technical advice and guidance to the business including analysing and interpreting the various independence rules to ensure we maintain the firm’s independence policies. You will also be involved in responding to internal and external regulators; monitoring our systems of quality control; improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our processes.
You will have regular exposure to the most senior levels of the firm’s management, including high visibility among the senior partners of the business as well as contacts across Deloitte Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the global Deloitte network (DTTL).
In addition, the role offers many opportunities to work collaboratively with other Risk Management groups across the Central Business Services and Quality, Risk & Security community, including Firm Independence, Business Relationships, Ethics and Conflicts.
Given the importance of independence and the increased regulatory scope and focus, this role offers exciting opportunities for the right person, whilst also broadening an understanding of auditor independence requirements.
Responsibilities
Including, but not limited to:
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Review non-audit services prior to their approval by Partners, followed by subsequent monitoring procedures through to completion.
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Providing advice and guidance to partners and engagement teams in technical consultations across all areas of the business, with support from senior team members for both Audit support and Entertainment, Gifts and Donation queries.
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Educating and raising awareness of existing and new independence requirements for partners and professional staff.
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Project support for DISCoE workstreams and/or other key projects, delivering high quality outputs within agreed timescales.
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Completion of FRC, PCAOB documentation and monitoring procedures in line with regulatory requirements.
- Reviewing and analysing Entertainment, Gift and Donation queries, including consulting with LCSPs, Ethics Partners, Service line COOs and other senior stakeholders.
- Identifying policy and regulatory breaches in the Entertainment, Gifts and Donations workstream and escalating to management.
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Work within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.
Connect to your skills and professional experience
You're natural at building strong relationships. Someone who can effectively communicate and manage expectations with senior and diverse stakeholders across the firm, ensuring seamless collaboration and clear understanding.
You thrive on delivering excellence under pressure. With strong project management and organisational skills, you consistently deliver high-quality outputs within agreed timescales, demonstrating meticulous attention to detail even when working to tight deadlines. You are self-motivated and proactive, always seeking to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
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Strong communication skills with the ability to manage senior Partner relationships and other stakeholders across the firm.
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Ability to deliver projects under time pressure and within agreed business SLAs.
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Strong project management, analytical, consultative, decision making and organisational skills.
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Excellence attention to detail with the ability to work accurately under time pressure.
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Strong report writing skills and attention to detail.
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Strong presentation skills.
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Strong IT skills in Microsoft Office packages.
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Self-motivated with a positive attitude and good understanding of when best to attend the office for meetings and training.
Desirables:
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An audit, compliance, risk, or Independence background.
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Previous knowledge of independence regulations.
Connect to your business - Enabling Functions
Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.
Central business services
We deliver world-class business support services for our people, our clients and our firm. From HR services, technology and digital support and pensions to facilities management, and more - together we are a true enabler for better business.
Personal independence
Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further details as you progress through the recruitment process, or you can contact the Independence team upon request.
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"I love the diversity in the projects that I’m involved in and the opportunity to work with lots of different people from various service lines." – Deloitte Employee
Our hybrid working policy
You’ll be based in Cardiff with hybrid working.
At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter about the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.
Our commitment to you
Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So, we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.
We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So, we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.
Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.
Connect to your next step
A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.
Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers
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