Senior Auditor – Wirtschaftsprüfung

About the role

As a senior member of Cortea's methodology team, you bring the audit expertise that shapes the product. You take the standards, judgments, and best practices that today live in the heads of senior auditors and formalize them into structured, reusable prüfungsmethodische Ansätze that the software can support. The output of that work is a methodology that scales across mandates, instead of being captured only in a single Prüfungsakte.

What you'll do

• Audit methodology design: Take ISA / IDW PS requirements (e.g. ISA 240, ISA 315, ISA 330) and translate them into clear, structured Prüfungshandlungen that can be performed consistently and efficiently with tool support.
• Substantive procedures, modernized: Design tool-supported approaches for areas such as Vertragsprüfung (IFRS 16, IFRS 15), analytische Prüfungshandlungen, and risikoorientierte Datenanalysen that strengthen the basis for the auditor's conclusion.
• Independence and professional ethics: Ensure the tool is designed in line with IDW PS 210 and the relevant Berufspflichten.
• Documentation and reviewability: Ensure every output is structured to be cleanly integrated into the Prüfungsakte under IDW PS 450, with documentation that withstands interne Qualitätskontrolle and externe Peer Reviews.
• Bridge to the profession: Represent Cortea at Fachtagungen (IDW, WPK), contribute to Fachpublikationen on the future of audit methodology, and engage in the dialogue around digital tools in the regulated audit environment.

What you'll need

• 6+ years in audit, ideally at a Big 4 or an established mid-tier WP-Gesellschaft, with experience as Prüfungsleiter.
• Strong command of IDW PS, ISA, and HGB; able to break down high-level standards into concrete, defensible Prüfungsschritte.
• Structured thinker with precision in reasoning and clarity of structure around audit logic, evidence, and risk.
• Native or near-native German and professional English (C1+).
• Drawn to building — looking for a step beyond the classical partner track where methodology shapes how audits are performed across many firms.

What they offer

• Competitive salary plus meaningful equity
• Leadership role at the intersection of audit methodology and modern software