Audit Senior Associate - Public Sector

Crowe•Chicago, IL

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

Crowe is seeking Audit Senior Associates with experience in the Public Sector to join their growing Audit & Assurance team. This role offers opportunities for leadership, deep industry insight, and relationship growth, with access to numerous resources and team support. The Audit & Assurance team provides traditional attestation services, as well as accounting and consulting on applying accounting principles, demonstrating deep specialization and a dedication to audit quality. This is one of Crowe's largest practices, and they are looking for future leaders with potential for a partner career path or other growth opportunities. There is also the possibility to transition between different industry verticals within Audit & Assurance.

Requirements

2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience.
Experience working with Governmental clients.
Organization, social, technical, and accounting and auditing skills.
Experience with engagement management, reviews, and staff supervision.
Ability to multi-task, performing planning, executing, and wrapping up various engagements concurrently.
Ability to perform research on technical matters prior to submitting for manager review.
Meeting the education requirement for CPA certification in the aligned home office state.
Ability to work additional hours as needed.
Ability to travel to various client sites.

Nice To Haves

Having a CPA license in the aligned home office state.

Responsibilities

Running client engagements from start to finish, including financial statement preparation, internal staffing, project scheduling and budgeting, planning, and administrative functions.
Supervising, training, and mentoring staff and interns on the audit process and assessing their performance.
Maintaining outstanding client relationships to increase customer happiness and working with client management and staff at all levels to perform audit services.
Working with the 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 audit software.
Engaging with key client management to collect information, resolve audit-related problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.