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AUDITING
Audit Intern
Internships are available to full-time students who are enrolled in one of the following degree programs:
- A Bachelor's degree program in accounting with 40 hours or less remaining
- A Master's degree with an emphasis in accounting
- An MBA program
- At a minimum, Interns must have completed intermediate accounting and preferably advanced audit and accounting classes
Audit Staff
Audit staff members are given a wide variety of diversified accounting assignments under supervision.Essential duties of audit staff members include:
- Prepares work papers
- Develops their foundation in auditing standards and generally accepted accounting principles
- Understands and adheres to the firm's policies, procedures, manuals, forms and relevant software
- Understands and applies the key elements of client care
- Develops rapport with team members and client contacts
- Learns/understands client businesses and related issues
Audit Senior Staff
The Audit Senior is responsible for more challenging phases of the audit engagement and possesses advanced technical knowledge and research capabilities. This position assists in the review of financial statements and related disclosures as well as internal controls.The duties of this position include:
- Demonstrates a senior level of technical knowledge in financial reporting matters
- Possesses the experience and judgment needed to perform fieldwork at the client site
- Demonstrates high level of teamwork with other team members
- Establishes rapport with client contacts
- Consults with Supervisor to advise clients about improvements to their systems and procedures
- Takes an active role in AICPA activities and the firm's CPE program
The Audit Supervisor has normally achieved their CPA and has demonstrated technical proficiency in financial reporting matters. Supervisors are expected to possess the ability to plan, supervise and complete audit engagements.
Essential duties include:
- Plans and supervises all components of audit engagementsof varying complexities
- Defines complex financial reporting issues, including establishing the facts of the matter, performs or supervises related research and provides conclusions and recommendations
- Mentors team members and writes performance evaluations
- Develops client relationships as work is performed
- Learns/understands the client's business and related issues
- Chooses practice specialty by industry or other area of focus, as supported by firm policies
- Develops prospective client and other professional contacts andrelationships beneficial to the firm
- Recognizes the need to provide additional services to existing clients by offering additional services and teaming with the other practice areas of the firm to provide services available from other departments
- Provides technical guidance and mentors less experienced accountants
Education and Experience Required: A Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a Master's degree with an emphasis in accounting or an MBA is required. CPA certification is preferred, or must be actively pursuing CPA certification by sitting for all scheduled exams. Four to five years of related experience, preferably in public accounting, with demonstrated progression in complexity of audit engagements and demonstrated leadership abilities.
Audit Manager
The Audit Manager is a CPA with more than seven years of experience, including two years experience as an Audit Supervisor. The Manager has responsibility for management of multiple engagements and serves as the primary contact with the client. The Audit Manager:
- Supervises and maintains control of multiple engagements and assignments, including scheduling of work, supervision of staff, billing and realization of profitability
- Serves as the primary contact with the client during the engagement; responsible for ensuring quality of work performed and satisfaction of client
- Has strong technical skills to conduct reviews of financial statements, disclosures and other complex accounting matters
- Recruits, trains, mentors, motivates and evaluates team members
- Deepens professional development in an industry and/or other specialty area, as supported by firm policy
- Actively participates in the firm's marketing program; member of sales team; prepares presentations to prospective clients
- Actively builds and manages professional contacts through membership in professional and community organizations
- Works with clients to deepen/strengthen relationship with the entire firm. Actively seeks opportunities to provide additional services, as dictated by the needs of the client
- Takes an active role in AICPA activities and serves as an instructor in the firm's in-house CPE Program
Senior Audit Manager
The Senior Audit Manager is the liaison between the partner, the client, and the professional staff. The Senior Manager is responsible for managing multiple and complex audit projects and client engagements simultaneously. An important component of this position is to establish business associations for the development of new business for the firm.Essential Duties include:
- Responsible for all phases of multiple and complex audits, compilations, or review engagements
- Maintains contact with clients throughout the yearpossesses a thorough knowledge of the client base and all facets of the client's businesses
- Prepares engagement letter for approval by the partner
- Recruits, trains, mentors, motivates and writes engagement evaluations
- Works to develop responsible, trained staff by assisting in recruiting, developing training aids, and acting as an instructor in professional development programs
- Prepares other reports and projects as requested by the partners
- Deepens professional development in an industry and/or other specialty area, as supported by the firm policy
- May serve as team leader of at least one niche marketing group
- Actively participates in the firm's marketing program
- Member of sales team
- Prepares presentations to prospective clients
- Actively builds and manages professional contacts through membership in professional and community organizations
- Works with clients to deepen/strengthen the clients' relationship with the entire firm and actively seeks to provide additional services, as dictated by the needs of the client
- Takes an active role in AICPA activities and serves as an instructor in the firm's internal CPE Program
