Senior (State Audit)

Sikich•Alexandria, VA

20h•Onsite

About The Position

Sikich is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented auditing professional with a background in evaluating grantee compliance with state, federal, and agency regulations. This role is contingent upon award of contract.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required. Accounting degree preferred.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or CPA candidacy is required.
Minimum of 2 years of accounting, auditing, and/or related technical experience
Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel)
Ability to travel up to 25%
US Citizenship is required
Values driven – You embody and model absolute integrity and servant leadership and you have a bias for action and continuous innovation.
Uncompromising problem solver – You see opportunities in every business challenge and can develop, articulate and implement solutions.
Collaboration – You are a relationship builder across all levels of the organization and across all business units.
Instills trust – You do what you say, without ego, and you follow through on commitments consistently and credibly.
Impact & influence – You are relentlessly focused on making a difference and can gain support for ideas, proposals and solutions. You get others to act, with or without formal authority, to advance initiatives and objectives.

Responsibilities

Provide first line supervision to a team of auditing professionals.
Conduct testing to determine accuracy and completeness of amounts reported and to conclude upon the operating effectiveness of internal controls
Prepare work products, including workpapers, findings, reports, and other written deliverables, in accordance with auditing standards and firm guidelines.
Review work products prepared by team.
Develop team through effectively delegating tasks and providing guidance.
Act as primary liaison to the client, including leading meetings.
Own assigned work areas.
Execute tasks for assigned work areas in accordance with an internally developed schedule that ensures the completion of tasks with sufficient time for secondary review and submission to client in accordance with contractual deadlines.
Leverage technology, including data analysis tools and AI, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of audit procedures.
Meet expectations for attendance, punctuality, and company/client deadlines and abide by all company policies.
Actively participate in formal and informal training to continuously grow technical and non-technical competencies

Benefits

Competitive compensation
Insurance options
Wellness programs
Flexible time off policy
Flexible work arrangements
Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options
HSA employer contribution
Nine (9) paid holidays annually.
Robust paid Parental Bonding Leave program covering birth, adoption, and foster children.
401(k) with employer contributions
CPA bonus with four (4) paid exam days & four (4) paid study days.
Tuition reimbursement
Generous employee referral bonus program
Client referral bonus program
Pet insurance
FORCE – Sikich community volunteer program enabling each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer and make a difference in their local communities.