Audit Senior Associate - Commercial Services

Crowe LLP•Columbus, OH

14d•$70,600 - $139,800•Hybrid

About The Position

Crowe is experiencing significant growth and is seeking future leaders for its Audit & Assurance team. This role offers a partner career path and opportunities for advancement, including the possibility of transitioning between different industry verticals within Audit & Assurance. The Audit & Assurance team provides traditional attestation services, as well as accounting and consulting on applying accounting principles. Professionals in this team demonstrate deep specialization, understanding client market and business challenges, and a dedication to audit quality. This specific opportunity is for talented professionals seeking full-time or seasonal work arrangements. The role involves leading 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. Collaboration with the audit team to resolve client issues, research and analyze financial statements using electronic databases and audit software, and engaging with key client management for information gathering and process improvement recommendations are also key aspects of the role.

Requirements

2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience.
Experience in external audit working with Food & Commodities, Metals, Supply Chain, Cannabis, Healthcare, Technology Media Telecommunications, Consumer Markets, Life Sciences, Real Estate & Construction, & Manufacturing 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.
Ability to perform research on technical matters prior to submitting for manager review.
Meeting the education requirement for CPA certification in your aligned home office state.
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.

Nice To Haves

Having a CPA license in that state already is even better.

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.