Audit Senior Associate - Commercial

Weaver Careers • Houston, TX

7d

About The Position

The Weaver Experience Weaver is a full-service national accounting, advisory and consulting firm with opportunities for professionals in many different fields. We seek to bring a human element to the world of accounting, which includes creating a diverse, collaborative, and entrepreneurial workplace culture. Our leaders truly care about the well-being of all our employees and encourage them to pursue their ambitions. While our business is based in numbers, our success is truly based on people. It’s why we commit to supporting our people not just in their professional growth, but also in their ability to lead balanced, integrated lives. At the foundation of that commitment are our core values. Weaver’s core values were created specifically to empower our people to deliver extraordinary service and be their best selves. Our goal is to balance high development with high performance in order to meet the long-term goals of each individual, team, and our firm. Learn more about our services, industry experience and culture at weaver.com. Weaver is looking for a Audit Senior Associate to join our growing Commercial team. An Audit Senior will perform in-charge responsibilities as assigned on larger and more complex engagements. They will demonstrate a thorough understanding of technical accounting literature within the GAAP and SEC hierarchies and have an understanding of generally accepted auditing standards and common audit procedures and techniques for complex financial statement areas. An Audit Senior will develop and enhance client relationships through strong communication and project management skills. They will execute engagement planning activities which include gathering information for time budgets, coordinating all planning activities on engagements with the supervision and guidance from more experienced staff, and designing a risk based audit approach.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
• 2-4+ years of experience in public accounting experience, industry, or a combination of both
• Commercial industry experience
• Basic familiarity with GAAP and GAAS

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Accounting or related field
• Ability to mentor and help develop less experienced staff
• CPA strongly preferred
• Strong project management, team orientation and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

• Perform in-charge responsibilities as assigned on larger and more complex engagements.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of technical accounting literature within the GAAP and SEC hierarchies.
• Have an understanding of generally accepted auditing standards and common audit procedures and techniques for complex financial statement areas.
• Develop and enhance client relationships through strong communication and project management skills.
• Execute engagement planning activities which include gathering information for time budgets.
• Coordinate all planning activities on engagements with the supervision and guidance from more experienced staff.
• Design a risk based audit approach.

Benefits

• competitive health benefits, such as medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• flexible scheduled time off (STO)
• minimum of 56 hours of sick and safe leave
• 11 holidays
• 2 scheduled recharge days
• in-house CPE and learning opportunities through our internal Learning & Development department
• multi-faceted internal learning program including technical improvement, practice development, management/leadership training, and whole-life growth

What This Job Offers

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