Assurance Partner - Government Contracting
About The Position
RSM has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Assurance Partner to lead and grow our Government Contracting practice, serving organization across the government contracting, aerospace, and defense sectors. As an Assurance Partner, you will play a key role in advancing the firm’s strategic vision and delivering high-quality audit services to clients across a global platform. In this role, you will lead engagement teams, build strong executive-level relationships, and collaborate across borders to support consistent delivery and client experience. You will contribute to practice growth, mentor future leaders, and help strengthen our reputation as the first-choice advisor to middle-market clients. This position is ideal for a collaborative, strategic thinker who thrives in a client-service leadership role.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
- Active CPA in state of residence (or equivalent professional credential) required.
- 13+ years of progressive public accounting / external audit or assurance experience, including significant experience leading audit engagements of increasing complexity and size.
- Proven track record of building and maintaining a substantial client portfolio, including bringing in new business, retaining clients, and ensuring engagement profitability and growth.
- Demonstrated leadership and management skills
- Deep technical mastery of accounting and auditing standards including US GAAP, US GAAS or other relevant regulatory standards.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and relationship-building skills
- Strategic thinking and firm-wide vision
- Leads with strong ethical judgment and independence
- Flexibility to travel, manage demanding workloads, and adapt to client and market pressures.
Responsibilities
- Executing core functions of the Partner role
- Contributing to team objectives
- Maintaining quality standards
- Supporting client service delivery
- Lead engagement teams
- Build strong executive-level relationships
- Collaborate across borders to support consistent delivery and client experience
- Contribute to practice growth
- Mentor future leaders
- Help strengthen our reputation as the first-choice advisor to middle-market clients
- Manage multiple large or complex audit portfolios
- Supervise senior leadership teams
- Guide firm-wide talent development and staffing strategies
- Apply risk-based audit methodology, internal control frameworks, complex financial reporting
- Guide complex / multi-entity / high risk audits
- Identify and advance growth opportunities
- Drive cross firm service expansion
- Shape market strategy
- Build and leverage deep local market and COI relationships to generate sustained client growth while ensuring exceptional client service delivery
- Interact with senior client executives, boards or audit committees, firm leadership, and cross-functional teams
- Influence firm direction
- Contribute to leadership decisions
- Participate in governance or partnership-level deliberations
- Ensure firmwide compliance with audit standards, quality expectations, and professional conduct
Benefits
- Competitive benefits and compensation package
- Flexibility in your schedule
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
