Audit & Assurance Senior

Cckcpa; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accounting firm in Frisco, Texas, is seeking an Audit & Assurance Senior to handle client interactions, prepare financial statements, and train staff. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and have 1-4 years of experience in public accounting or internal audit. This role involves collaborative teamwork with an emphasis on quality assurance services and strong communication skills. Opportunities for professional development and generous compensation packages are offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or other related field obtained or in progress is preferred.
• Experience (1-4 years) in public accounting, internal audit, or other field that provides needed analytical experience.
• Desire to pursue a certification such as Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the staff and manager with the preparation of engagement workpapers.
• Completing detailed workpaper documentation in accordance with firm and industry standards.
• Completing engagement risk assessments considering history with the client or industry.
• Working directly with clients to complete the engagement.
• Leading the planning and risk assessment process including meetings and interviews with clients.
• Drafting financial statements including cash flows and footnote disclosures when requested by client.
• Ensuring the entire engagement is completed within the assigned timeline.
• Providing training to less experienced staff and seniors.
• Adhering to all relevant information security policies and procedures.

Job description

Job Description

CCK provides challenging work, professional development, and generous compensation packages. CCK’s collaborative environment spans firmwide, where individuals work together to deliver value to the client by providing solutions within teams and across firm departments. Collaboration at CCK means a group of people coming together to provide a better solution. Within CCK, Audit & Assurance focuses on partnering with clients in every stage of their organization’s life cycle to add value and provide quality assurance services This is includes financial statement audits, reviews, and compilations, as well as internal audit, SOC examinations, fraud examinations, and more.

Responsibilities

The audit and assurance senior is motivated and highly organized, responsible for executing detailed work plans, and cultivating relationships both inside the firm and with clients. CCK appreciates individuals with an advisory mindset who enjoy working with entrepreneurial clients across a wide range of industries. The audit and assurance senior will achieve success through demonstrating inquisitiveness, a willingness to work in multiple industries, competency in training staff, conveying technical matters in a succinct and easily understood manner, and identifying opportunities for improvement in client business and in the engagement process.

• Assisting the staff and manager with the preparation of engagement workpapers.
• Completing detailed workpaper documentation in accordance with firm and industry standards.
• Remaining current with audit and accounting standards.
• Completing engagement risk assessments considering history with the client or industry, economic conditions, and other known factors.
• Working directly with clients to complete the engagement. This includes requesting sensitive information, inquiring of higher-level management regarding the business, and elevating issues or concerns to appropriate engagement team members or appropriate members of client management.
• Leading the planning and risk assessment process including meetings and interviews with clients and the engagement team spanning a variety of clients and industries
• Drafting financial statements including cash flows and footnote disclosures when requested by client, as well as preparing other client deliverables such as the management representation letter and letter to governance.
• Ensuring the entire engagement is completed within the assigned timeline and notifying managers of any budget overages or delays in completion.
• Addressing review notes in a complete and timely manner.
• Providing training to less experienced staff and seniors.
• Adhering to all relevant information security policies and procedures, ensuring the protection of sensitive data, and upholding the integrity and confidentiality of the company information.
• Performing all staff responsibilities when a staff is not available for a job.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
• Ability to evaluate financial data and draw meaningful conclusions, then articulate them to the client and/or engagement team.
• Root cause analysis with corresponding corrective action recommendations
• Effective time management – Working in a dynamic environment with changing priorities and deadlines.
• Understanding of risk assessment procedures and the procedures to be applied when addressing the risks for substantive and analytical testing.
• Ability to provide feedback to all team members – both positive and constructive – in a manner that promotes the expected behaviors of each role.
• Ability to adapt to a wide variety of projects, including applying information from one project to the next even when they are not identical.
• Ability to effectively delegate tasks to staff or other seniors while maintaining responsibility for the project.
• Proactively seeking opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to think critically and independently resolve challenges and issues as they arise.
• Able to travel to client locations both locally and occasionally out of state as needed.
• Comfort with Microsoft Office products including, but not limited to, Excel, Word, and Teams

Qualifications

•  Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or other related field obtained or in progress is preferred.
• Experience (1-4 years) in public accounting, internal audit, or other field that provides needed analytical experience
• Desire to pursue a certification such as Certified Public Accountant or Certified Internal Auditor is preferred.

CCK Strategies, PLLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.