Senior Real Estate Auditor - Audit & Assurance

About the role

Deloitte is looking for a detail-oriented, experienced Real Estate Developer Auditor to join its audit team in Abu Dhabi. The role covers comprehensive audits of real estate development companies, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, regulatory requirements and internal controls. It combines strong technical audit skills with in-depth knowledge of the real estate development industry.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and execute audits of real estate developers, including financial statement audits, internal control assessments and compliance reviews.
• Evaluate the accuracy and completeness of financial records on land acquisition, construction costs, revenue recognition and asset valuation.
• Assess accounting policies for real estate projects, including cost capitalization, impairment testing and fair value measurement.
• Review contracts, joint ventures, lease agreements and other legal documents to identify audit risks and ensure compliance.
• Identify and evaluate risks of material misstatement, including fraud risks, and design audit procedures to address them.
• Analyse project budgets, cost tracking and cash flow management to verify financial integrity.
• Prepare clear audit reports with findings, recommendations and areas for improvement.
• Liaise with client management, project managers and other stakeholders to resolve audit issues.
• Stay updated on industry trends and accounting standards (e.g. IFRS, GAAP) and use audit software and data analytics tools.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CPA) preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of audit experience, preferably in real estate development or construction, with public auditing and accounting, ideally from a Big Audit Firm.
• Strong knowledge of real estate accounting standards (IFRS 15, IFRS 16, IAS 40).
• Experience with complex transactions such as revenue recognition, cost capitalization and asset valuation.
• Fluent English; bilingual Arabic/English candidates preferred.

Required skills

• Proficiency in audit software and Microsoft Office.
• Experience with data analytics tools is a plus.