Location
Auburn AL
Industry
CPA firm

Audit Manager

AUDIT MANAGER
AUBURN, AL

The Audit Manager is responsible for contributing to the achievement of the firm’s objectives, including:

  • Assisting with clients assigned to you
  • Supervising staff assigned to your projects
  • Assisting with office administration, including invoicing, quality control, and strategic planning
  • Assisting with staff coaching, mentoring, and training
  • Planning and scheduling audit projects

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Engagement planning and scheduling
    • Assigning adequate resources to projects
    • Assisting all auditors with technical and procedural issues
    • Managing budgets for his/her projects and communicating with the partner/biller when a project grows out of scope or is moving toward a budgetary or timing overage
    • Supervising staff assigned to his/her projects to ensure that schedules, budgets, and quality requirements are met, including review of workpapers, financial statements, and tax returns
    • Providing on-the-job training to staff
    • Communicating the engagement status with the partner, the client, and his/her advisors on a timely and ongoing basis
  • Business Development
  • Technical Skills
    • Attending Continuing Professional Education courses as agreed upon with your career advisor to stay up to date on current accounting pronouncements
  • Office Administration and Client Service
    • Research
    • Participating in staff training and mentoring
    • Participating in the firm’s strategic planning process, including analysis of technology tools to support the audit process
    • Developing and advocating “best practices” for the audit department
  • Preparation and/or review of financial statements

Skills/Education Required:

  • CPA certificate & a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, and an interest in working with small to medium-sized businesses
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in auditing and managing people within a public accounting firm or equivalent experience
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Good research skills
  • Excellent understanding, comprehension, and ability to articulate auditing and accounting concepts
  • Strong leadership, project management, and team building skills, and the ability to supervise others
  • Proficiency in Word, Excel, and other accounting software used at the firm