Audit Senior Associate - Broker Dealer

Crowe LLP•Livingston, NJ

14h•Hybrid

About The Position

Crowe is experiencing significant growth and is seeking future leaders for partner career paths or other growth opportunities. The Audit & Assurance department offers the chance to transition between different industry verticals that align with professional goals. This role specifically seeks Audit Senior Associates with experience in the Broker Dealer industry vertical. As an Audit Senior Associate, you will develop leadership skills, gain deep industry insight, and cultivate client relationships. With access to numerous resources and team support, your responsibilities will include managing client engagements from inception to completion, encompassing financial statement preparation, staffing, scheduling, budgeting, planning, and administrative tasks. You will also supervise, train, and mentor staff and interns on audit processes, assess their performance, and maintain strong client relationships by working with management and staff at all levels to deliver audit services. Collaboration with the audit team to identify and resolve client issues is encouraged, as is creativity to enhance expertise and contribute to the firm. You will research and analyze financial statements and audit issues using electronic databases and audit software, and engage with key client management to gather information, resolve problems, and recommend business and process improvements.

Requirements

2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience.
A background with experience in external audit working with Broker Dealer 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.
Being able to multi-task since planning, executing, and wrapping up various engagements may have to be performed concurrently.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree required. This position requires meeting the education requirement for CPA certification in your aligned home office state. (150 eligible credit hours)
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.