Audit Manager

Miller Cooper & Co., Ltd.; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K profit sharing

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Volunteer time

Team meals

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Miller Cooper & Co., Ltd. in Chicagoland seeks an Audit Manager to join our growing team and lead client engagements across multiple industries.

You will mentor staff, manage budgets, review workpapers, and build strong client relationships while advancing your career in a mid-market firm with a collaborative culture and flexible hybrid work locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting is required.
• CPA license is required.
• At least 5 years of public accounting experience, preferably mid-market.
• At least 1 year of experience at a manager level.

Responsibilities

• Manage overall progress of engagements including staffing, budgets, deliverables, and deadlines.
• Review workpapers, financial statements and tax returns before final review.
• Supervise in-charge and staff; provide evaluation and feedback.
• Mentor teams during engagements and support career progression.
• Maintain year-round client relationships and identify additional services.
• Build connections with owners and management; coordinate across offices.
• Schedule and staff engagements to improve realization and utilization.
• Develop referral networks and seek new business opportunities.
• Handle other duties as assigned.

Skills

Client service mindset

Collaboration

Entrepreneurial mindset

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

CPA license

Job description

Miller Cooper is seeking an Audit Manager to join our growing team!

With over 105 years of independent, client-focused service in Chicagoland, we've grown organically—never through mergers or acquisitions. That means more opportunity, more impact, and a real voice in your department and your career.

Firm Highlights:

• Crain’s Chicago 10th largest firm (2024), Accounting Today’s 55th largest firm in the US, 10th in the Great Lakes region (2025).
• Largest local, independent public accounting firm in Chicago.
• Large Firm Opportunities, Small Firm Culture.
• The opportunity to work in various industries, including Manufacturing, Distribution, Real Estate, Construction, Tech, Start-Ups and more.
• Hybrid work environment with flexible locations- your choice of offices in Chicago, Deerfield, and Downers Grove.
• Culture of collaboration. We win as a team; we lose as a team.

How We Will Invest in You:

• Mentorship. Everyone has a mentor to help you grow and develop the career you want and build relationships throughout the firm.
• Career growth. We recognize good work and are proud to offer promotions at an accelerated pace compared to the industry average and offer continued learning to support you.
• Variety of work. We help you foster business relationships and gain a variety of experience by working on a range of clients and industries.
• Flexibility. We focus on balancing schedules and recognize the importance of having time to unplug and recharge. We don’t mandate a yearly billable hour requirement.

How You Will Contribute:

• Manage the overall progress of engagements in relation to staffing, budgets, deliverables, and deadlines.
• Review all workpapers, financial statements and tax returns before submission to manager/principal for further review.
• Supervise assigned in charge/supervisors and ensure evaluation reports are completed.
• Actively mentor teams during engagements and support their learning and overall career progression.
• Manage the client relationships year-round, not just during the engagement, and look for opportunities to provide additional services.
• Build trust and a personal connection with owners/decision makers in addition to the accounting team, learn about clients outside of their business.
• Effectively schedule and staff engagements and work to improve the realization and utilization.
• Proactively build a referral network of bankers and professionals and seek new business opportunities.
• Other duties as assigned, such as special projects, including other agreed upon procedures set forth by clients.

About YOU!

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
• CPA License required
• 5+ years of experience of experience in public accounting, preferably at a mid-market firm
• At least one year of experience at a manager level
• Passion for client service and an entrepreneurial mindset
• DAILY ACCESS TO RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION to travel to and from client locations and our office locations
• Strong collaboration skills and desire to work as a team

What we offer:

• Competitive health insurance choices that include flexible spending and health savings account options
• Life and disability insurance.
• Generous paid time off, in addition to paid holidays
• 401K profit sharing
• Discretionary performance-based annual bonuses (for eligible employees)
• Paid Parental leave
• 8 hours of paid volunteer time
• Team lunches every Tuesday, and busy season meals/allowances
• Miller Cooper Communities (employee resource groups)
• Opportunities for reduced work schedules
• Employee and client referral bonus program

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including internal salary alignment, market data, and the candidate’s qualifications- including, but not limited to, specialty skills, prior relevant industry experience, and relevant degrees or certifications (e.g., CPA, JD). The salary range estimated below is inclusive of all departments within the Firm, and offered salaries may vary within the given range depending on the specific department. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this level is $101,000 - $173,000, not including discretionary annual bonus and other competitive benefits.