cortea - Financial Auditor – Product & Methodology
Requirements
• Minimum 5 years of financial audit experience (Big 4 or leading mid-tier firms preferred), including time at audit manager level with a solid understanding of engagement responsibility and audit risk • ACA (ICAEW), ACCA, or equivalent chartered accountancy qualification • A strong interest in audit methodology: you enjoy turning abstract standards into clear, reproducible logic • A tech-first mindset and a proven willingness to leverage, experiment with, or build new tools, with relentless curiosity for how AI and innovation can improve work and outcomes • Ability to sketch decision trees and define structured, unambiguous process outputs; comfortable writing and iterating on AI prompts • No programming background required, but you think in processes, dependencies, and system logic, and enjoy working closely with engineers day to day • Strong grasp of ISA (UK), UK GAAP (FRS 102), IFRS, and the Companies Act 2006 • Native in English, German is a plus
Responsibilities
• Product Shaping: Work as a standing part of the product process: join reviews and design sessions, give hands-on feedback on prototypes, and help prioritise the roadmap • Methodology to Logic: Translate complex ISA (UK) and international auditing standards into structured, executable logic our product and engineering team can build directly into the platform • Prompt Engineering: Write, test, and refine the prompts and decision logic that drive our AI audit workflows • Documentation Quality: Ensure audit documentation quality aligns with ISA (UK) 230 and related documentation requirements, and that system outputs stand up to internal quality control and external review • Independence & Ethics: Safeguard auditor independence and ensure the product complies with the FRC Ethical Standard and ICAEW/ACCA Code of Ethics • Berlin Collaboration: Travel regularly to our Berlin hub to work in person with Philipp and the product and engineering team
Benefits
• Competitive salary plus equity participation • The chance to build the tools you always wished you'd had as an auditor, with direct influence over product direction • Hybrid collaboration from our London office, with regular trips to our Berlin hub • 25+ days holiday allowance • Pension contribution • Private medical insurance
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