Audit Senior Associate - Commercial Services

Crowe•Washington, DC

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career with flexibility to balance work and life. The firm embraces individuals, cares for well-being, and nurtures careers, offering equitable access to growth and leadership opportunities. With over 80 years of history, Crowe delivers excellent service through innovation, investing in AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions across its audit, tax, and consulting groups. Crowe is experiencing tremendous growth and is seeking future leaders, offering a partner career path or other growth opportunities. There is also the chance to transition between different industry verticals within Audit & Assurance to align with professional goals. This role is for Audit Senior Associates with experience in various industry verticals including Healthcare, Supply Chain, Insurance, Life Sciences, Real Estate & Construction, Manufacturing and Distribution, and Technology, Media and Telecommunications. As an Audit Senior Associate, you will further develop leadership skills, gain deep industry insight, and grow client relationships, supported by extensive resources and team support.

Requirements

2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience.
A background with experience in external audit working in, but not limited to; Healthcare, Supply Chain, Insurance, Technology Media Telecommunications, Life Sciences, Real Estate & Construction, Manufacturing and Distribution.
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, including 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.