Senior Audit Manager

Ascend Partner Firms • Gainesville, GA

23h • Onsite

About The Position

At Ascend, we recognize the struggles that accounting & finance professionals face in traditional firms—from rigid hierarchies and overwhelming workloads to the elusive work-life balance. We believe your ambition should not be constrained by outdated practices or opaque career paths. Here, you're not just a number but a valued member of a community that champions both your professional and personal fulfillment. Our mission is to transform the public accounting experience into one where work-life harmony is a reality, and where your career advancement is supported by a nurturing network and robust resources. Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a dynamic platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a Top 25 firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition and training, leading quality management resources, best-of-breed technology, AI tools, an offshore captive, shared back-office services, a catalytic leadership system, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount today’s industry challenges to reach their full potential. Wilson Lewis is a growing accounting and advisory firm with offices in Duluth, Atlanta, Alpharetta, and Gainesville, designed to make life easier for clients. Our main objective is to offer quality advisory services, personal attention, and serve as an economic guide to protect and grow your future. At Wilson Lewis, we believe that great work begins with great people. You’ll join a firm where collaboration, professional growth, and a genuine sense of community are part of everyday life. We take pride in providing high-quality client service in a supportive, flexible environment — and we’re looking for team members who share our values of excellence, integrity, and fun. In 2025, we are a Regional Leader (Accounting Today), an Inside Public Accounting Top 500 Firm, have been recognized as a Best Place to Work in Georgia (Georgia Trend Magazine) and Atlanta (Atlanta Business Chronicle), and earned the Best of Accounting Client Satisfaction credential from ClearlyRated. We are seeking a Senior Audit Manager to join our team. In this position, you will be responsible for managing client relationships; supervising, reviewing, and providing on-the-job training for staff; performing all tasks of the assurance engagements when needed. Notably, the person in this role will play a critical role in leading our client engagements. This role will be based out of Duluth, GA.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related
• Active CPA in good standing
• 8 years of increasing levels of responsibility in public accounting
• Experience specializing in Government and Single Audit financial statement audits with a CPA firm
• Demonstrably strong leadership skills
• Applied working knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Applied working knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Employee Benefit Plan, non-profit, and/or real estate audits
• Caseware, DAS, OnPoint, MindBridge experience

Responsibilities

• Lead and ensure the team maintains a high degree of accuracy and timeliness of the audit engagements
• Review the work of junior staff and prepare more complicated sections of the files
• Set the culture for the engagement team and mentor members in their career development
• Work to ensure your team is engaged and excited by listening and assisting in the development of team members’ goals to meet department objectives while also providing opportunities for them to grow
• Deliver quality internal and external client service, in accordance with the Firm’s values, in order to build and maintain client loyalty and teamwork by contributing to a positive client and team member experience
• Focus on solutions and problem solving creatively in order to help make timely decisions by translating requests into action
• Managing client relationships
• Supervising, reviewing, and providing on-the-job training for staff
• Performing all tasks of the assurance engagements when needed
• Leading client engagements

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Voluntary Insurance Options
• 401(k) Matching
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Commitment to Professional Development
• Optional Equity Program Eligibility at Sr. Manager Level + top performing Managers

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior