Assurance Experienced Senior

BDO USA • Seattle, WA

7d

About The Position

The Assurance Experienced Senior will be responsible for coordinating the day-to-day "in-charge" duties of planning, fieldwork, and "wrap-up" to include the preparing of financial statements with disclosures, applying most areas of GAAP as necessary and documenting, validating, testing, and assessing various control systems. This position is also responsible for acting as the client contact for basic questions and information and may be involved in reviews and agreed-upon procedure engagements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Statistics, required OR Bachelor’s degree in other focus area and CPA certification, required
• Three (3) or more years of prior relevant audit experience and/or public accounting, private industry accounting or consulting/professional services experience, required
• Eligible to sit for the CPA exams upon starting employment, required, and actively pursuing completion of the exams, required
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, preferred
• Possess proven solid verbal and written communication skills
• Possess people development and delegation skills
• Possess executive presence - needs to be able to be primary contact for the client
• Ability to "in-charge" all stages of the audit, including planning, fieldwork, and "wrap-up"
• Ability to perform the completion of an audit of a complex company
• Ability to prepare and/or review financial statements with disclosures in accordance with GAAP requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Accountancy, preferred
• Prior basic supervisory experience, preferred
• CPA, preferred
• Experience with assurance applications and research tools, preferred

Responsibilities

• Coordinate timing of planning, fieldwork, and review with audit team and client and assist engagement executives in developing the audit engagement budget and identify appropriate resources.
• Develop the draft Audit Engagement Planning Memorandum, audit programs and budgets
• Establish with the engagement manager the responsibilities of individual audit staff for specific areas of audit work
• Monitor and report engagement budget to actual and advise engagement executives of possible overruns
• Other duties as required
• Supervise a team of audit professionals ranging in size from 1 to 5
• Provide verbal and written performance feedback to associates
• Teach/coach associates to provide on the job learning

Benefits

• BDO Total Rewards that encompass so much more than traditional “benefits.”
• ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees