Assurance Senior

BDO USA, P.C. • Boston, MA

21h • $88,000 - $105,000

About The Position

The Assurance Senior coordinates the day-to-day in-charge duties for audit planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up, including preparing financial statements with disclosures, applying relevant areas of GAAP, and documenting, validating, testing, and assessing control systems. The role serves as a client contact for basic questions and information and may participate in review and agreed-upon procedures engagements.

The position applies accounting, auditing, SEC, PCAOB, and firm methodology to plan and carry out engagements. It coordinates audit work to meet engagement timetables, policies, procedures, and budgets; conducts accounting research; helps develop audit strategies and planning documents; and identifies and proposes resolutions to critical issues. The Assurance Senior also supervises and coaches audit staff, reviews their work, and provides performance feedback.

BDO describes its work as assurance, tax, and advisory services for clients in the U.S. and worldwide. The firm highlights meaningful work, professional growth, collaboration, and an ownership stake through its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Statistics; alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in another focus area and CPA certification.
• At least two years of relevant audit experience and/or experience in public accounting, private-industry accounting, or consulting/professional services.
• Eligible to sit for the CPA exams upon starting employment and actively pursuing completion of the exams.
• Solid understanding and experience planning and coordinating the stages of an audit of a basic public and/or private company.
• Knowledge of internal accounting controls and professional standards and regulations, including GAAP, GAAS, and Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication to professionals at all levels within client organizations and the firm.
• Ability to multitask successfully while working independently and as part of a group.
• Strong analytical and diagnostic skills, including the ability to break down complex issues and implement appropriate resolutions.
• Ability to work in a demanding, deadline-driven environment with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Solid project management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Accountancy.
• Prior basic supervisory experience.
• CPA certification.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with assurance applications and research tools.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day audit planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up, including preparation of financial statements with disclosures.
• Apply knowledge of transaction flows and key transaction cycles to audit work.
• Document, validate, test, and assess the design and operating effectiveness of clients’ internal controls.
• Identify and communicate suggested improvements to client controls and accounting procedures.
• Supervise and review audit staff work, assign engagement responsibilities, and provide verbal and written performance feedback to Audit Associates.
• Communicate financial statement disclosure requirements to clients and draft complex financial statements with disclosures.
• Recognize and apply new accounting pronouncements; identify complex accounting issues and raise them with superiors for resolution.
• Read and review clients’ SEC filings, check accuracy and completeness, and ensure financial information is documented in workpapers and appropriately tested.
• Prepare required communications to the client and Audit Committee.
• 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, exercise audit skepticism, and determine when testing should be reduced or expanded.
• Coordinate execution of the audit plan in accordance with the timetable, firm policies and procedures, and budget.
• Apply BDO audit approaches, methodologies, tools, and technology; document approved deviations from firm policy.
• Use internal and external research tools to research accounting matters, form initial opinions, and document implications for clients and engagements.
• Assist the engagement manager in gathering business and information-system details, including accounting-system information, to support audit strategy.
• Develop draft Audit Engagement Planning Memoranda, audit programs, and budgets.
• Serve as a client contact for basic questions and information and, as needed, participate in review and agreed-upon procedures engagements.
• Perform other duties as required.

Benefits

• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), providing participants a beneficial ownership stake in the firm and an opportunity to enhance their financial well-being.
• Comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits offerings; specific benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior