Audit Senior Associate - Asset Managment

Crowe LLP•Livingston, NJ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Crowe is seeking Audit Senior Associates with experience in the Asset Management industry vertical to join their growing team. This role offers a partner career path and growth opportunities, with the possibility to transition between different industry verticals within Audit & Assurance. As an Audit Senior Associate, you will learn to lead engagements, gain deep industry insight, and grow client relationships. You will be responsible for running client engagements from start to finish, including financial statement preparation, staffing, scheduling, budgeting, and administrative functions. You will also supervise, train, and mentor staff and interns, assess their performance, and maintain outstanding client relationships. Collaboration with the audit team to identify and resolve client issues is encouraged, along with research and analysis of financial statements and audit issues using electronic databases and audit software. Engaging with key client management to collect information, resolve problems, and recommend improvements is also a key part of the role.

Requirements

2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience.
A background with experience in external audit working with Private Equity, Asset Management and Fintech clients.
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.
Ability 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, including 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.
Working 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.