Assurance Experienced Senior - Healthcare
About The Position
The Assurance Experienced Senior coordinates the day-to-day in-charge duties for audit planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up. The role includes preparing financial statements with disclosures, applying GAAP, and documenting, validating, testing, and assessing control systems. The Experienced Senior serves as a client contact for basic questions and information and may participate in reviews and agreed-upon procedure engagements. The role oversees audit execution in accordance with the engagement timetable, firm policies, procedures, and budget. It applies professional standards and audit methodology, addresses accounting and control issues, conducts research, and coordinates project resources and work. The position may supervise Assurance Services Associates, review their work, provide feedback, and coach them.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Statistics, or a bachelor’s degree in another focus area together with CPA certification.
- At least three years of relevant audit, public accounting, private industry accounting, consulting, or professional services experience.
- Eligible to sit for the CPA exams upon starting employment and actively pursuing completion of the exams.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- People-development and delegation skills.
- Ability to serve as a primary client contact and demonstrate executive presence.
- Ability to lead all audit stages, including planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up.
- Ability to complete an audit of a complex company.
- Ability to prepare and/or review GAAP-compliant financial statements with disclosures.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Accountancy.
- Basic supervisory experience.
- CPA certification.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience with assurance applications and research tools.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate audit planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up, ensuring work is completed as planned, on schedule, and in accordance with firm policies, procedures, and budget.
- Apply knowledge of transactional flows and cycles to complete audit work.
- Document, validate, test, and assess internal control systems and communicate recommendations for improving client controls and accounting procedures.
- Supervise audit staff, review their workpapers and conclusions, explain shortcomings, and provide performance feedback and coaching.
- Apply GAAP and communicate financial statement disclosure requirements to clients; identify new pronouncements, accounting alternatives, and complex accounting issues.
- Apply SEC regulations and PCAOB guidelines, review SEC filings, and ensure financial information is supported and appropriately tested.
- Prepare required communications to clients and Audit Committees.
- Plan and execute Section 404 internal control audits, including understanding the control environment, designing test plans, evaluating deficiencies, and assessing financial reporting controls.
- Formulate and communicate audit plans; apply GAAS, exercise professional skepticism, determine the extent of testing, and document approved deviations from firm policy.
- Apply BDO audit standards, methodologies, tools, and technology to deliver complete, efficient, high-quality audits and propose outcomes to critical issues.
- Research accounting matters, form initial conclusions, assess impacts on clients and engagements, and document findings.
- Assist the engagement manager in gathering information about the business and information systems to support audit strategy.
- Coordinate planning, fieldwork, and review schedules with the audit team and client; assist engagement executives with budgets and resource planning.
- Develop draft audit engagement planning memoranda, audit programs, and budgets; assign audit responsibilities with the engagement manager.
- Monitor budget-to-actual performance and advise engagement executives of potential overruns.
- Perform other duties as required.
Benefits
- Employee stock ownership through the ESOP, providing participants a stake in the firm’s success.
- Comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits offerings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
