Assurance Manager

Boos & Associates, a Professional Corp.; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Boos & Associates in Long Beach is seeking an experienced Assurance Manager to lead planning, execution, and completion of assurance engagements while upholding quality and client satisfaction.

You will supervise staff, manage client relationships, and contribute to firm growth through service delivery and business development. Active US CPA license and prior Big 4 or national firm experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of public accounting experience.
• Active US CPA license required, with ability to obtain US CPA license if international equivalent.
• Experience supervising staff and managing multiple engagements.
• Strong leadership and client communication skills.
• Experience in external audits, preferably in Big 4 or national firm.
• Ability to drive business development and engagement profitability.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planning, field work, and wrap-up of audit engagements.
• Manage engagement profitability including billings and collections.
• Advise clients on regulatory risks and GAAP/GAAS issues.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop staff; ensure quality and compliance.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships.

Skills

Engagement Management

Team Leadership

Client Relationships

GAAP/GAAS Knowledge

Business Development

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Audit Software

PowerPoint

Job description

Boos & Associates is growing, we were recently named one of the Fastest Growing Accounting Firms and Businesses in the Fresno area by the Fresno Business Journal. That growth has led us to expand to different markets and we are in need of an Assurance Manager to be at the center of our business needs in Long Beach office.

If you are looking for an opportunity to help grow our firm, have an entrepreneur spirit, and enjoy leading and developing professional individuals this might be the role for you!

We are seeking an experienced Assurance Manager to join our dynamic accounting firm. The successful candidate will oversee the planning, execution, and completion of assurance engagements while ensuring the highest standards of quality and client satisfaction. This role involves supervising a team of professionals, managing client relationship, and contributing to the firm's growth through exceptional service delivery.

What you will do:

Engagement Management

• Supervise, direct, and review the results through the delegation of tasks throughout the planning, field work and “wrap-up” stages of an Audit client engagement.
• Ensure engagement profitability involving billings and collections.
• Advise client on various economic and regulatory risks within their industry, resolving complex accounting issues, apply GAAP and GAAS consistently within complex situations, writing technical consultation memos on GAAP / GAAS issues.
• Documentation, validating, testing, and assessing various financial reporting control systems.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop staff, providing training and performance feedback.
• Review work performed by team members to ensure accuracy and compliance with applicable standards.
• Promote a collaborative and positive team environment

Client Relationships:

• Build and maintain strong client relationships through effective communication and exceptionals service delivery.
• Identify client needs and offer tailored solutions, including identifying opportunities for additional services.

Quality and Compliance:

• Monitor compliance with professional standards, regulatory requirements, and firm policies.
• Stay current on industry developments and changes in accounting and auding standards
• Assist with internal quality control initiatives and processes.
• Business Development:
• Contribute to the firm's growth by identifying new business opportunities and participating in networking events.
• Assist in preparing proposals and presentations for prospective clients.

What you bring to the role:

Education:

Bachelors in Accounting or equivalent required

Experiences, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Five (5) or more years prior work experience in public accounting required
• Prior significant supervisory experience
• Extensive experience in external auditing, preferably in Big 4 or National accounting firm.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with a track record of successfully leading and motivating diverse teams.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills to build strong client relationships and interact effectively with stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple engagements, prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Business acumen and a strategic mindset to contribute to business development efforts.
• Ability to resolve complex accounting issues.
• Ability to be responsible for business development and marketing.
• Ability to be responsible for engagement profitability including billings and collections.

License/Certifications:

• Active licensed US CPA, recognized active International Equivalent or unique qualification as defined by Firm’s Assurance Licensing Policy, required
• If active international equivalent or unique qualifications, required to obtain an active US CPA license within approved timeframe as defined by firm licensing requirement guidelines

Software:

• Experience in the use of various assurance applications and research tools as is appropriate for this level
• Microsoft Office Products, including Windows, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

More About Boos & Associates, a Professional Corporation is a Certified Public Accountant and Consulting firm established in February 2004. Prior to founding the firm our Managing Director was a Tax Director with a Big 4 accounting firm with over 30 years public accounting experience. We currently have a staff of approximately 130 and anticipate continued expansion opportunities in the near and long term. Our greatest strength is our people. We foster and support innovative, strategic ideas that can transform developments in accounting, tax, and consulting into practical solutions for our clients. Our Fresno office is a first-class facility located in the Fig Garden Financial Center. The firm is paperless and uses the latest in technology to assist our associates in performing in a more efficient and effective manner. The firm provides above market performance-based compensation and provides competitive employer paid employee benefits and a generous personal time off policy. We continually invest in our people by providing extensive training and career advisor programs.

We recognize our unique opportunity to embrace the cultural and ethnic opportunity our clients and people have to offer. We are committed to optimizing this opportunity to hire outstanding individuals of diverse backgrounds, and to offer them a dynamic, challenging environment to develop their skills as trusted advisors to our clients. Our commitment to diversity encompasses all people within our firm, professionals, and administrative support alike, including people of different races, religions, cultural backgrounds, national origins, disabilities or medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and ages.

Compensation Information:

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

We are an independent member of the BDO Alliance USA.

As an independent member of BDO Alliance USA, our shared Core Purpose is Helping People Thrive Every Day. Our Core Values reflect how we manage our work, our relationships and ourselves. As an employee of the firm, you will live true to our Core Values of people first, being exceptional every day in every way, embracing change, feeling empowered through knowledge, and choosing accountability. Our Core Values are the standards by which we conduct ourselves day in and day out, both internally and externally.