Senior Audit Manager
Senior Audit Manager: The Senior Audit Manager role is responsible for managing staff, client assignments and projects and delivering a high-quality service. Additional responsibilities include assisting with overseeing office operations and staff, client service activities, quality, reporting, production revenue budget and forecasting; and working in conjunction with the Senior Audit Manager/Audit Principal on maximizing performance including production revenue maximization, and staff development. This includes coaching, advising, and supporting team members in meeting client and self-development expectations. In addition, the position will be responsible for following and enforcing all firm and staff policies and procedures.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Provide effective and respectful leadership to associates through planning of appropriate staffing levels; interviewing, selecting, orienting, and training; communicating performance expectations & providing feedback on performance, recognition/celebration, coaching, counseling reports and/or discipline; creating career growth opportunities and associate development plans.
- Understand skillsets and capabilities of Associates and monitor and review work products that they prepare and report on performance while articulating coaching notes throughout the process.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Communicates audit status to clients periodically and assesses resources needed for project completion.
- Assess risk along with design and communicate audit procedures to engagement teams
- Complete complex audit engagements while leading own workload as assigned by the Firm.
- Provides deliverables to clients with assistance from other firm resources when needed.
- Demonstrates the desire and willingness to own projects and firm initiatives.
- Demonstrates a sense of urgency, accuracy, thoroughness, and efficiency.
- Ability to identify client deficiencies and recommend other firm services to benefit the client.
- Use Firm resources to find answers to issues encountered in audit compliance and other engagements.
- Analyze and make conclusions regarding activity posted within client’s accounting software (QB, Sage, UAN.)
- Include appropriate level of information in workpaper documentation.
- Facilitates monthly department meetings to communicate the service line’s direction, any changes in firm staffing or policies, new client opportunities and client project status, etc.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.