Senior Assurance Manager – Public Companies & Oil & Gas

RSM Canada; Calgary; On-site; CAD 138,772 - 236,193; Full time

Job summary

RSM Canada is seeking a Manager to join our Assurance team in Calgary to coordinate audits of financial statements and related deliverables. You will lead multiple engagement teams, supervise seniors and supervisors, and maintain client relationships while ensuring adherence to GAAP and firm standards.

The role requires 9+ years of public accounting assurance experience, CPA certification, and willingness to travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or other discipline.
• Active CPA (or equivalent certification) required.
• 9+ years of recent assurance experience within a public accounting environment with extensive exposure to external audit engagements.
• Proven experience leading and managing multiple audit engagements from planning through completion, including overseeing engagement teams, managing scopes, timelines, and budgets, and ensuring quality standards are met.
• Excellent technical proficiency in accounting and auditing standards, including GAAP, CASs or other relevant regulatory requirements, with the ability to apply risk-based audit methodology, control testing, substantive procedures, and financial statement review.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with firm personnel and clients, manage client relationships, respond to client needs, and address issues while building trust.
• Proven client relationship and business development experience, with a history of building, maintaining, and growing sustainable client relationships, identifying opportunities to expand services, and delivering high-quality client service.
• Applies sound business judgment, risk awareness, and ethical integrity to ensure audit quality, compliance, and independence, and to provide guidance to team members.
• Excellent leadership and people-management skills, including mentoring, coaching, performance feedback, and supporting the career development of audit staff through the manager level.
• Ability to work effectively in a professional office environment and, as required by the role, at client sites, including long hours and travel.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely, high quality client service coordinating the auditing of all required financial statements and related deliverables.
• Assess risk and design and communicate audit procedures to engagement teams.
• Understand and utilize RSM’s Audit Methodology.
• Manage multiple engagement teams and prepare end‑of‑engagement evaluations for staff.
• Supervise Audit Seniors and Supervisors on engagement teams and mentor junior staff.
• Maintain contact with clients throughout the year to understand impact of developments on current year audits.
• Develop others through coaching, training, and career development initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to expand services and build strong client relationships.
• Communicate accounting and auditing matters to Senior Managers and Partners and manage engagement budgets.

Skills

Leadership

Client relationship management

Communication

Auditing

Mentoring

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA

Tools

GAAP knowledge

Audit Methodology

Job description

RSM Canada is seeking a Manager to join our Assurance team in Calgary to coordinate audits of financial statements and related deliverables. You will lead multiple engagement teams, supervise seniors and supervisors, and maintain client relationships while ensuring adherence to GAAP and firm standards.

The role requires 9+ years of public accounting assurance experience, CPA certification, and willingness to travel up to 25%.