Audit Senior Associate - Benefit Plan Services

Crowe LLP•Livingston, NJ

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

Crowe is growing tremendously and is looking for future leaders with a partner career path or growth opportunities. There is an opportunity to transition between different industry verticals within Audit & Assurance that align with professional goals. This role is for an Audit Senior Associate with experience in the Benefit Plan services vertical. As an Audit Senior Associate, you will further learn to lead, gain deep industry insight, and grow relationships. With access to many resources and team support, your work includes running client engagements from start to finish, supervising, training, and mentoring staff, maintaining client relationships, identifying and resolving client issues, and researching and analyzing financial statements and audit issues.

Requirements

2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience.
A background with experience in external audit working with Benefit Plans.
Organization, social, technical, and accounting and auditing skills to work efficiently with clients and staff as well as build positive relationships.
Experience with engagement management, reviews, and staff supervision.
Being able to multi-task since planning, executing, and wrapping up various engagements may have to be performed concurrently.

Nice To Haves

Masters in Accounting, Finance, or related focus is preferred.
CPA strongly preferred, or pursuing CPA licensing in your state of residence
Ability to work additional hours as needed and travel to various client sites.

Responsibilities

Running client engagements from start to finish. This includes all aspects of financial statement preparation, internal staffing of engagements, project scheduling and budgeting, planning of the engagement, and related administrative functions.
Supervising, training, and mentoring staff and interns on audit process and assess performance of staff for engagement reviews.
Maintaining an outstanding relationship with clients to increase customer happiness and working with client management and staff at all levels to perform audit services.
Work with your audit team to identify and resolve client issues discovered during the audit process.
Researching and analyzing financial statements and audit issues using electronic databases, and employing audit software to review and compile financial information.
Engage with key client management to collect information, resolve audit-related problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.