Audit Senior Associate - Financial Services

Crowe•Miami, FL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Crowe is seeking future leaders for its Audit & Assurance team, offering a partner career path and growth opportunities. This role provides the chance to transition between different industry verticals within Audit & Assurance. The Audit & Assurance team delivers traditional attestation services, along with accounting and consulting on applying accounting principles. Professionals in this team possess deep specialization, understanding client market and business challenges, and are dedicated to audit quality. Audit & Assurance is one of Crowe's largest practices. This specific role requires experience in the Financial Services practice, where the Audit Senior Associate will lead engagements, gain industry insight, and grow relationships. With ample resources and team support, the role involves running client engagements from start to finish, including financial statement preparation, staffing, scheduling, budgeting, planning, and administrative functions. It also includes supervising, training, and mentoring staff and interns, assessing their performance, and maintaining strong client relationships to enhance customer satisfaction. Collaboration with client management and staff is key for performing audit services, and working with the audit team to resolve client issues is encouraged. The role also involves researching and analyzing financial statements and audit issues using electronic databases and audit software, and engaging with key client management to gather information, resolve problems, and recommend business improvements.

Requirements

2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience.
Experience working with Banking, Asset Management and Private Equity clients.
Meeting the education requirement for CPA certification in your aligned home office state.
CPA license preferred.
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.
Ability to perform research on technical matters prior to submitting for manager review.
Ability to work additional hours as needed.
Ability to travel to various client sites.
Uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship.
Act ethically and with integrity at all times.
Verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Running client engagements from start to finish.
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.