About the Role
Lead Deloitte's Accounting Technical capability by shaping IFRS guidance, tools, and thought leadership that influence complex reporting decisions across our audit practice and external clients. Join our Audit & Assurance practice as a Director in Sydney, working in a hybrid way to lead complex accounting conversations and help shape technical excellence across the firm.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of accounting technical tools, publications, and practical guidance supporting audit teams and clients with complex IFRS and financial reporting issues.
- Apply strong judgment to emerging technical questions and shape Deloitte's point of view on key accounting matters.
- Guide teams through issues requiring more than standard interpretation.
- Influence by building trusted relationships across the practice, advising senior stakeholders, and lifting capability through coaching and clear technical direction.
- Drive consistency, quality, and confidence in approaching complex reporting matters.
- Contribute to the broader strategic direction of the Accounting Technical offering.
- Work closely with senior leaders, audit teams, and specialists, integrating technical depth, commercial thinking, and a practical mindset.
Requirements
- Deep technical IFRS expertise with significant applied experience in audit, accounting advisory, or a related professional services environment.
- Strong judgment on complex financial reporting issues, with the ability to translate technical requirements into practical, commercial advice.
- Experience leading technical conversations with senior stakeholders and building trusted relationships across a business.
- A track record of developing guidance, thought leadership, tools, or publications that support consistent technical outcomes.
- Strong people leadership capability, including coaching, mentoring, and developing junior team members.
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence through clarity and credibility.
- CA qualification or equivalent professional credential.
- Experience with Corporations Act 2001 financial reporting requirements is highly regarded.
Skills
- IFRS expertise
- Financial reporting
- Audit
- Accounting advisory
- Professional services
- Technical judgment
- Stakeholder management
- Relationship building
- Guidance development
- Thought leadership
- Tool development
- Publication development
- People leadership
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Communication skills
- Corporations Act 2001
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Director
Education Level
- CA qualification or equivalent professional credential
Benefits
- Retail discounts
- Wellbeing leave
- Paid volunteering days
- Twelve flexible working options
- Market-leading parental leave
- Return to work support package
About the Company
- At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work.
- We're always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society.
- We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction.
- We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
- We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles.
- What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone's perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.
- We value in-person connection with our clients and our colleagues.
- We offer several ways for you to work flexibly so that you can serve your clients, stay connected with your team, and manage your personal priorities.
- We help you live and work well.
Equal Opportunity
- We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
- We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles.
- What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone's perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong.
