Assurance Experienced Senior
About The Position
The Assurance Experienced Senior coordinates the day-to-day in-charge work for audit planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up, including preparing financial statements with disclosures, applying relevant areas of GAAP, and documenting, validating, testing, and assessing internal control systems. The role serves as a client contact for basic questions and information and may also participate in review and agreed-upon procedure engagements. As auditor in charge, the Experienced Senior oversees the daily conduct of audit work and ensures fieldwork is completed as planned, on schedule, in accordance with firm policies and procedures, and within budget. The role applies professional standards and BDO audit methods, researches accounting issues, develops audit plans and programs, coordinates resources and engagement budgets, and communicates findings and potential improvements to clients. 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 plus CPA certification.
- Three or more 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.
- Proven verbal and written communication skills.
- People-development and delegation skills.
- Executive presence and ability to serve as a primary client contact.
- Ability to lead all stages of an audit, including planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up.
- Ability to complete an audit of a complex company.
- Ability to prepare and/or review financial statements with disclosures in accordance with GAAP.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Accountancy.
- Prior basic supervisory experience.
- CPA certification.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience with assurance applications and research tools.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and oversee audit planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up, ensuring work is completed according to the timetable, firm policies and procedures, and budget.
- Prepare financial statements and disclosures and apply relevant GAAP principles to client transactions.
- Document, validate, test, and assess internal control systems; identify and communicate improvements to client controls and accounting procedures.
- Apply knowledge of transactional flows and key transactional cycles when completing audit work.
- Supervise audit staff, review workpapers and conclusions, explain shortcomings, and provide verbal and written performance feedback and on-the-job coaching.
- Apply GAAP, GAAS, SEC regulations, PCAOB guidelines, and BDO standards and methodologies to engagements.
- Review clients’ SEC filings for accuracy and completeness and ensure financial information is supported by workpapers and appropriately tested.
- Prepare required communications to clients and audit committees and draft communications concerning internal-control improvements.
- 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 professional skepticism, and determine when to reduce or expand testing.
- Research accounting issues, form initial opinions on appropriate treatments, document findings, and assess their impact on the client and audit engagement.
- Assist the engagement manager in gathering information about the business and information systems to support the audit strategy.
- Coordinate planning, fieldwork, and review timing 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 work with the engagement manager and monitor budget-to-actual results.
- Identify complex accounting issues, critical engagement issues, and potential budget overruns, and bring them to the attention of appropriate leaders.
Benefits
- Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), providing participants beneficial ownership and 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
