An audit senior leads or is the senior field personnel for specific audits, reviews and compilations for clients in various industries, including not-for-profit, construction, real estate and government contracting and employee benefit plan audits. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Developing relationships with engagement-related client personnel who are responsible for accounting matters
• Maintaining contact with client personnel responsible for the engagement matters throughout the year; possessing a deep knowledge of the client and the client’s business
• Identifying planning & consulting opportunities
• Planning, directing and reviewing all phases of select engagements
• Having the ability to establish workload priorities and work independently
• Ensuring delivery of quality client service and maintaining profitable client relationships
• Beginning to supervise and mentor team members and delegate work
• Conducting research and perform other related tasks
• Starting to analyze more complex accounting and/ or tax issues
• Being cognizant of time budgets, but does not allow time budgets to sacrifice the quality of the audit procedures

Qualified candidates will have 3+ years of CPA firm experience and will:

• Possess and continue to develop a knowledge of GAAP and GAAS related to specific engagements and industries and a general tax knowledge
• Continue gaining an understanding for a range of accounting issues including those involving professional judgment such as: priority for income taxes, revenue recognition, subsequent events, contingencies and industry specific procedures
• Be knowledgeable of business trends
• Have the ability to review and provide feedback on work prepared by staff auditors in a professional manner
• Possess the skill to establish a rapport and good communication with clientele
• Be able to gather, organize and summarize information efficiently and effectively
• Have the capacity to adhere to budgets and time deadlines
• Be proficient in MS Word and Excel
• Motivate, develop and direct people as they work
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Demonstrate strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Have the ability to train, orient and mentor staff
• Have their CPA license or actively pursuing