Assurance Senior - Healthcare

BDO USA • Miami, FL

5d • $74,000 - $115,000

About The Position

The Assurance Senior coordinates day-to-day in-charge duties for audit planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up. The role prepares financial statements with disclosures, applies relevant areas of GAAP, and documents, validates, tests, and assesses control systems. It serves as a client contact for basic questions and information and may participate in review and agreed-upon procedures engagements.

The Assurance Senior applies BDO methodologies and professional standards to plan and execute audit engagements, perform research, resolve or escalate complex accounting issues, and help ensure that work is completed to quality standards, on schedule, and within budget. The position also coaches and supervises Audit Associates, including assigning and reviewing their work and providing performance feedback.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Statistics; alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in another focus area plus CPA certification.
• At least two years of relevant audit, public accounting, private-industry accounting, or consulting/professional-services experience.
• 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 different levels within the client organization and firm.
• Ability to multitask successfully while working independently and in a group environment.
• 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, ensuring work follows the audit plan, timetable, firm policies and procedures, and budget.
• Apply knowledge of transactional flows and key transactional cycles to complete audit work.
• Document, validate, test, and assess the design and operating effectiveness of clients’ internal controls; identify and communicate suggested control and accounting-procedure improvements.
• Supervise and review audit staff work, assign Audit Associate work, and provide verbal and written performance feedback.
• Prepare complex financial statements with disclosures and communicate disclosure requirements to clients.
• Recognize and apply new accounting pronouncements; identify complex accounting issues and discuss alternative GAAP treatments with senior team members and clients as appropriate.
• Review clients’ SEC filings for accuracy and completeness and ensure financial information is documented in workpapers and supported by appropriate testing.
• Prepare required communications to clients and Audit Committees.
• Plan and execute Section 404 internal control audits, including understanding the control environment, designing test plans, evaluating deficiencies, and assessing the financial reporting control environment.
• Formulate and communicate audit plans; apply GAAS and professional standards, exercise audit skepticism, and determine when testing should be reduced or expanded.
• Apply BDO audit methodologies, tools, and technology; document approved deviations from firm policy and propose outcomes to critical issues.
• Use internal and external research tools to research accounting topics, form initial opinions on accounting treatments, and document impacts on the client and engagement.
• Assist the engagement manager in gathering business and information-system knowledge, including accounting-system information, for audit strategy.
• Develop draft Audit Engagement Planning Memoranda, audit programs, and budgets; collaborate with the engagement manager to assign audit work responsibilities.
• Coach less experienced team members in new areas.
• Perform other duties as required.

Benefits

• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) participation, offering beneficial ownership in the firm.
• Comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits offerings; specific benefits are not detailed in the posting and may be subject to eligibility requirements.

What This Job Offers

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