Job Description: An audit manager is responsible for overseeing and managing multiple jobs from the planning stages to the final review of the financial statements. An audit manager leads multiple audits, reviews and compilations for clients in various industries, including not-for-profit, construction, real estate, government contracting and financial services. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Planning, executing and reviewing of all types of engagements such as compilations, reviews, audits, and agreed-upon procedures
- Directly interacting with client owners and senior personnel
- Overseeing the efforts of multiple client engagements; planning, executing, directing, and completing external audits in a wide variety of industries; and managing to budget
- Providing research and consulting services in response to audit and accounting issues, client requests and identified opportunities
- Maintaining day-to-day management of engagements to ensure services are delivered in a timely manner
- Resolving client issues and problems; compiling research and preparing reports on various technical subjects
- Serving as the primary client contact on all related matters
- Understanding and managing firm risk on audits and proposals
- Consulting, working with, and servicing client base to make recommendations on business improvement and process improvement and serve as a business advisor to client
- Being cognizant of time budgets, but does not allow time budgets to sacrifice the quality of the audit procedures
- Thinking proactively about and having involvement in practice development to include opportunities to cross sell to existing clients as well as identifying new clients
- Participating in recruitment events
Qualified candidates will be a CPA with several years of progressive CPA firm experience in addition to some management experience. The candidate will have a/an:
- Knowledge of GAAP, GAAS, OCBOA and unique or specialized accounting principles, and financial statement presentations
- Knowledge of current accounting, auditing, reporting and regulatory practices and standards applicable to the industry/specialization/transaction
- Knowledge of the pronouncements of the FASB, AICPA
- Knowledge of the rules, regulations, and code of conduct of the AICPA
- Knowledge of the industry and the clients financial statements and is capable of drafting the financial statements in accordance with the relevant generally accepted accounting principles generally accepted and pertinent industry rules and regulations
- General tax knowledge
- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and the Internet
- Ability to manage own time and the time of others
- Ability to motivate, develop and direct people as they work
- Ability to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to demonstrates strong organization skills and attention to detail
- Ability to train, orient and mentor staff
- Ability to review and evaluate the work of others
- Ability to establish a rapport and good communication with co-workers, clients and others
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