Senior Audit Associate - Banking

Crowe LLP•Washington, DC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career with flexibility and opportunities for growth and leadership. The firm, with over 80 years of history, focuses on delivering excellent service through innovation, including AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions across its audit, tax, and consulting groups. Crowe is experiencing significant growth and is seeking future leaders, offering a partner career path or other growth opportunities. There is also a chance to transition between different industry verticals within Audit & Assurance to align with professional goals. The firm is specifically looking for Audit Senior Associates with experience in the Banking industry. In this role, you will further develop leadership skills, gain deep industry insight, and cultivate client relationships, supported by extensive resources and team collaboration.

Requirements

2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience.
A background with experience in external audit working with Banking 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, performing planning, executing, and wrapping up various engagements 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 financial statement preparation, internal staffing, project scheduling and budgeting, planning, and administrative functions.
Supervising, training, and mentoring staff and interns on the audit process and assessing their performance for engagement reviews.
Maintaining outstanding relationships with clients to enhance satisfaction and working with client management and staff at all levels to perform audit services.
Collaborating 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 employing audit software to review and compile financial information.
Engaging with key client management to collect information, resolve audit-related problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.