Assurance Senior Manager - Industrials/Manufacturing

RSM US LLP•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$99,000 - CA$168,500•Hybrid

About The Position

RSM is looking for a Senior Manager to join their Industrial Products assurance team. This role offers the opportunity to work as a team member on diverse client engagements within RSM's national and local Industrial Products practice. Clients include local, national, and internationally recognized manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors with varied organizational structures across different sectors. RSM is a leader in the industrial products space, assisting middle-market companies with their business challenges.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or other discipline.
Active CPA (or equivalent certification) required.
9+ years of recent assurance experience within a public accounting environment with extensive exposure to external audit engagements.
Proven experience leading and managing multiple audit engagements from planning through completion, including overseeing engagement teams, managing scopes, timelines, and budgets, and ensuring quality standards are met.
Excellent technical proficiency in accounting and auditing standards, including GAAP, CASs or other relevant regulatory requirements, with the ability to apply risk-based audit methodology, control testing, substantive procedures, and financial statement review.
Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with firm personnel and clients, manage client relationships, respond to client needs, and address issues while building trust.
Proven client relationship and business development experience, with a history of building, maintaining, and growing sustainable client relationships, identifying opportunities to expand services, and delivering high-quality client service.
Applies sound business judgment, risk awareness, and ethical integrity to ensure audit quality, compliance, and independence, and to provide guidance to team members.
Excellent leadership and people-management skills, including mentoring, coaching, performance feedback, and supporting the career development of audit staff through the manager level.
Ability to work effectively in a professional office environment and, as required by the role, at client sites, including the ability to sit for extended periods of time and work at a computer and other standard office equipment.
Ability to work extended and/or non-standard hours during peak periods or as necessary to meet client, project, or firm business needs.
Ability to maintain consistent onsite presence during core business hours, regularly report to a firm office location, and travel to client sites as required, including access to reliable transportation.

Responsibilities

Provide timely, high-quality client service that meets or exceeds client expectations, including coordinating the auditing of all required financial statements, related disclosures, and other client deliverables.
Assess risk along with design and communicate audit procedures to engagement teams.
Understand and utilize RSM’s Audit Methodology.
Manage multiple engagements, oversee engagement status, and ensure maintenance of milestones of all projects.
Understand skillsets and capabilities of Senior Associates, Supervisors, and Managers, and monitor and review their work product, reporting on performance while articulating coaching notes.
Identify technical accounting matters early and assess their impact on financial statements; coordinate with firm specialists as needed.
Review work product of Senior Associates, Supervisors, and Managers, communicate audit status to clients periodically, and assess resources needed for project completion.
Maintain contact with clients throughout the year to develop deeper relationships and better understand their goals and strategies.
Provide insightful business advice and present oneself as a trusted business advisor.
Develop others within the Firm through facilitating training, advising on career development, or participating in other Firm initiatives.
Subscribe to and actively read industry publications and share relevant information with clients.
Anticipate and address client concerns and escalate issues as they arise.
Understand RSM’s lines of businesses, availability of services, and discuss opportunities with client management to make valuable introductions to others in the firm.
Develop a strategy to utilize external relationships with different types of Centers of Influence to effectuate business growth.
Manage profitability of projects and evaluate strategy for growth of the Firm.
Ensure professional development through ongoing education.
Keep abreast of latest developments as they affect GAAP and the Firm’s standards and policies.
Willingness to travel 10% of the year, depending on clients.