Audit Manager

Armanino•Saint Louis, MO

13d

About The Position

The Audit Manager manages assurance engagements for multiple clients, overseeing audited, reviewed, and compiled financial statements and related deliverables. The role leads engagement planning, staffing, risk assessment, technical issue resolution, and work-paper review while ensuring professional standards, client service objectives, engagement economics, and deadlines are met. The manager also supports budgeting, billing and collections, coordinates services across departments, and keeps partners informed about client matters and engagement status. The Audit Manager serves as a primary client contact and develops trusted-advisor relationships by discussing business updates, client needs, accounting issues, and potential solutions. The role contributes to practice development, process improvement, training, and the growth of less experienced professionals through feedback, counseling, and mentoring.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field.
CPA license.
At least 5 years of experience working in a public accounting firm.
Assurance leadership, guidance, or supervisory experience.
Advanced understanding of applicable U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS).
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.

Responsibilities

Manage engagement workflows and deliverables for multiple clients, including audited, reviewed, and compiled financial statements, internal-control matters, and management letters.
Identify and resolve accounting and audit technical issues that affect engagements.
Lead engagement planning, including timing, resources, risk assessment, reliance on internal controls, and engagement approach.
Determine and approve staffing and other resource needs, and establish engagement schedules.
Review engagement work papers and deliverables to ensure compliance with firm and professional standards.
Delegate assignments to supervisors based on their skills, development needs, schedules, and engagement economics.
Participate in the peer review process.
Build technical expertise in accounting, financial reporting, and audit methods through continuing education and other training.
Conduct or review research on complex or new accounting and financial reporting issues and prepare supporting memorandums.
Coordinate and monitor services provided by other departments and specialty practices in connection with engagements.
Keep the partner informed about client updates, engagement status, budget-to-actual performance, and technical issues.
Develop at least one area of industry expertise.
Assist with fee quotes and budgets.
Prepare client billings and collect outstanding accounts.
Use assurance department methodologies, processes, and tools to improve engagement efficiency and client profitability.
Serve as a primary client contact throughout the year, discussing business updates, needs, potential solutions, accounting issues, and engagement matters.
Identify other firm services that may benefit clients by understanding partners’ and other service lines’ capabilities.
Prepare presentations for audit exit meetings, audit committee meetings, and board meetings.
Participate in early practice-development activities, including building professional networks and referral sources, assisting with proposals, writing articles, and supporting partners’ business-development activities.
Participate in developing and improving firm and department business processes.
Serve as an instructor in firm and department training programs and meetings.
Develop less experienced professionals through formal performance feedback, career counseling, and mentoring.