Audit Senior Associate - Life Science

Crowe•Boston, MA

15h•Hybrid

About The Position

Crowe is seeking Audit Senior Associates with experience in the Life Science industry vertical. This role offers opportunities for growth, including a partner career path, and the chance to transition between different industry verticals within Audit & Assurance. As an Audit Senior Associate, you will learn to lead engagements, gain deep industry insight, and grow client relationships. You will be supported by numerous resources and a dedicated team.

Requirements

2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience.
Background with experience in external audit working with Life Science clients.
Organization, social, technical, and accounting and auditing skills to work efficiently with clients and staff and build positive relationships.
Experience with engagement management, reviews, and staff supervision.
Ability to multi-task, as planning, executing, and wrapping up various engagements may need 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.
Ability to 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, including financial statement preparation, internal staffing, project scheduling and budgeting, engagement planning, and administrative functions.
Supervising, training, and mentoring staff and interns on the audit process and assessing their performance for engagement reviews.
Maintaining outstanding client relationships to increase customer satisfaction and collaborating 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.