Audit & Assurance Senior: Own Engagements & Clients

Talnt; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Talnt in Frisco, TX is seeking an Audit & Assurance Senior to move beyond execution and take real ownership of engagements, client relationships, and teams. This role offers exposure from planning to completion with direct interaction with clients and firm leadership.

You will guide staff, review workpapers, and apply GAAP/GAAS within a dynamic audit environment, accelerating your development toward Manager-level responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressive public accounting audit and assurance experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• CPA, CIA, or active progress toward professional certification preferred.
• Experience with privately held businesses, nonprofits, or middle-market clients is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of audit, review, and assurance engagements from initial planning through final delivery.
• Work directly with client management to understand their business, assess risk, resolve audit issues, and keep engagements moving.
• Perform and oversee substantive testing, analytical procedures, internal control evaluations, and complex areas of audit documentation.
• Prepare and review financial statements, cash flow statements, footnote disclosures, representation letters, and governance communications.
• Develop audit strategies based on client operations, industry dynamics, economic conditions, and internal control environments.
• Manage engagement budgets, deadlines, and deliverables while identifying issues before they become problems.
• Research and apply GAAP, GAAS, and evolving accounting and auditing guidance to real client situations.
• Review work, clear engagement notes, and maintain a high standard of audit quality and documentation.
• Delegate work and provide hands-on coaching and technical guidance to Staff and junior auditors.
• Identify opportunities to improve audit efficiency, strengthen client controls, and bring value beyond the audit itself.
• Build relationships with clients that extend beyond simply requesting schedules and delivering financial statements.

Skills

Public accounting audit

Client management

GAAP/GAAS knowledge

Financial statements

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Job description

Talnt in Frisco, TX is seeking an Audit & Assurance Senior to move beyond execution and take real ownership of engagements, client relationships, and teams. This role offers exposure from planning to completion with direct interaction with clients and firm leadership.

You will guide staff, review workpapers, and apply GAAP/GAAS within a dynamic audit environment, accelerating your development toward Manager-level responsibilities.