Audit Senior Associate - Broker Dealer

Crowe•Livingston, NJ

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 Senior Associate will gain industry insight, grow relationships, and learn to lead. The position involves running client engagements from start to finish, including financial statement preparation, staffing, scheduling, budgeting, and administrative functions. It also includes supervising, training, and mentoring staff and interns, maintaining client relationships, collaborating with the audit team to resolve issues, and researching/analyzing financial statements using electronic databases and audit software. The role also requires engaging with client management to collect information, resolve problems, and recommend 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.
Bachelor's degree required.
Meeting the education requirement for CPA certification in your aligned home office state. (150 eligible credit hours)
Ability to work additional hours as needed and travel to various client sites.

Nice To Haves

Masters in Accounting, Finance, or related focus is preferred.
CPA strongly preferred, or pursuing CPA licensing in your state of residence

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.