Assurance Experienced Senior
About The Position
The Assurance Experienced Senior coordinates the day-to-day in-charge duties for assurance engagements, including planning, fieldwork, wrap-up, and preparation of financial statements with disclosures. The role applies GAAP, GAAS, SEC regulations, PCAOB guidelines, and the firm’s audit methodology to document, validate, test, and assess control systems. It serves as a client contact for basic questions and information and may support reviews and agreed-upon procedure engagements. The position is responsible for coordinating engagement activities and resources, monitoring budgets and schedules, addressing accounting and audit issues, and ensuring work is completed in accordance with firm policies, procedures, and professional standards. It may supervise Assurance Services Associates, review their work, provide feedback, and coach them through on-the-job learning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Statistics; or a bachelor’s degree in another focus area and CPA certification.
- At least three years of relevant audit, public accounting, private-industry accounting, or consulting/professional-services experience.
- Eligible to sit for 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 the 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 day-to-day audit planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up, ensuring work is completed according to the engagement timetable, firm policies and procedures, and budget.
- Apply knowledge of transactional flows and key cycles to complete audit work.
- Document, validate, test, and assess the effectiveness of internal controls; identify and communicate improvements to clients’ controls and accounting procedures.
- Supervise audit staff, review workpapers and conclusions, explain shortcomings, and provide associates with performance feedback and coaching.
- Apply GAAP to client transactions, explain financial statement disclosure requirements, identify new pronouncements, evaluate alternative accounting principles, and escalate complex accounting issues.
- Apply SEC regulations and PCAOB guidelines; review client SEC filings for accuracy, completeness, and support in workpapers; prepare required client and Audit Committee communications.
- 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 and professional standards, exercise audit skepticism, determine the scope of testing, and document approved deviations from firm policy.
- Apply firm audit standards, methodologies, tools, and technology to deliver complete, efficient, and quality audit work; identify and propose resolutions to critical issues.
- Research complex accounting matters, form initial opinions on appropriate treatment, consider and document effects on the client and engagement, and organize findings in a usable format.
- Assist the engagement manager in gathering information about the business and information systems, including the accounting system, to develop the 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; establish individual staff responsibilities with the engagement manager.
- Monitor engagement budget-to-actual results and advise engagement executives of potential overruns.
- Serve as the client contact for basic questions and information.
- Perform other duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
