Audit Manager/Director - Higher Education

CliftonLarsonAllen; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CLA, a top 10 national professional services firm, seeks an Audit Director/Audit Manager for its Higher Education practice in Texas. This role leads audits, builds client relationships, and drives financial reporting excellence essential to strategic growth.

You will mentor staff, manage engagements, and ensure adherence to professional standards while delivering insightful results for client institutions and CLA. Strong leadership and CPA are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• Minimum 6 years of public accounting experience with emphasis on financial statement preparation and audits.
• Experience leading teams on Higher Education audits is strongly preferred.
• CPA license is required.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with major clients in higher education.
• Lead audit engagements, ensuring quality and timely delivery.
• Coordinate staffing, budgets, and deadlines for each engagement.
• Mentor staff and oversee engagement teams.
• Communicate findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the engagement principal.

Skills

Public accounting

Audit leadership

CPA license

Higher Education audits

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Job description

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.

CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.

CLA is currently seeking an Audit Director/Audit Manager to join our Higher Education practice in Texas. CLA has served the higher education sector for 50+ years, with professionals deeply involved in national and regional highered associations

How you'll create opportunities in this Audit Director/ Manager role:

• Manage and develop relationships with great clients.
• Assist clients in obtaining necessary funding to continue to positively impact their community.
• Assist clients with meeting their audit and financial planning objectives by using a range of tools.
• Be creative with staff development, mentoring, and overseeing client engagement teams.
• Lead the engagement progress by monitoring time budgets and deadlines for adherence.Communicate important developments to the engagement principal along with facts, conclusions, and recommendations.

What you will need:

• You have a bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• You have a minimum of 6 years of public accounting experience with emphasis in financial statement preparation and audits.
• Experience leading teams of high performing people and managing Higher Education audits strongly preferred
• CPA license certification is required.

Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Wellness at CLA

To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.