Assistant Manager – Advisory (India based role – Hyderabad)

About Frazier & Deeter

Frazier & Deeter (FD) is an award-winning accounting & advisory firm. FD and our family of brands serve clients worldwide, from the Fortune Global 500 companies to growing small businesses. Frazier & Deeter cultivates a growth mindset and instils in our people the belief that we must be adaptive and entrepreneurial, and we make a difference for our clients and each other. We focus on our brand promise of Investing in Relationships to Make a Difference.

FD offers a full range of tax, audit, accounting, and advisory services through our offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Nashville, Alpharetta, and Tampa, in addition to London and India. We have been recognized repeatedly as a Top 50 firm, a Best of the Best Accounting firm, a Best Firm to Work For® and a Best Firm for Women in Leadership.

FD recently opened its own entity in India to support our expanding international and cross-border client base. We are not your typical firm of accountants and we like doing things differently. Our team members have the opportunity to be involved in global consulting and advisory client facing roles in a fast growing and exciting new business in India, which is part of our established and highly regarded accountancy firms in the US and UK.

About the Role

The Advisory Assistant Manager oversees the planning and execution of multiple IT audit and SOC reporting engagements. This role involves managing project teams, maintaining client relationships, and ensuring high-quality deliverables across IT governance, cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance engagements. The Assistant Manager will also support business development initiatives and staff mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple SOC, IT internal audit, and risk advisory engagements simultaneously.
• Lead engagement planning, scoping, and risk assessment discussions with client stakeholders.
• Supervise and review ITGC, IT application control, and cybersecurity control testing.
• Ensure compliance with PCAOB, AICPA, and Sarbanes-Oxley standards in engagement execution.
• Review workpapers, reports, and recommendations to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Identify improvement opportunities in clients’ control environments and governance structures.
• Guide and mentor staff, providing technical direction and performance feedback.
• Build strong client relationships, proactively addressing expectations and queries.
• Contribute to internal process improvement, methodology enhancement, and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications and Experience

• Chartered Accountant or CPA or ACCA with 3+ years of experience in IT Audit, Information Security, or related fields.
• SSAE 18 / SOC 1 / SOC 2
• Sarbanes-Oxley and PCAOB requirements
• IT risk assessment / operational IT audit
• IT general controls
• COBIT framework
• PCI
• Information security / cyber frameworks (ISO 27000, NIST, AICPA, etc.)
• HIPAA
• Systems development life cycle

What FD offers

• Competitive salary
• Clear career growth path within the firm
• Personal and professional skills development and training support