Audit Senior Associate - Commercial Services

Crowe-Global; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 71,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe is seeking an Audit Senior Associate to lead engagements from start to finish across a range of industry verticals, including Energy, Healthcare, Technology, and Real Estate. You will supervise staff, maintain strong client relationships, and contribute to audit quality across engagements.

The role offers full-time or seasonal arrangements, with travel to client sites and potential career growth within Crowe. A CPA trajectory within your home state is preferred.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience.
• Experience with external audit for diverse industries (Energy, Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Tech, Real Estate).
• CPA education requirement for your aligned home office state.
• Ability to travel to various client sites and work additional hours as needed.
• Having a CPA license in that state is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Running client engagements from start to finish, including planning and budgeting.
• Supervising, training, and mentoring staff and interns on audit processes.
• Maintaining positive client relationships and delivering audit services.
• Collaborating with audit team to resolve client issues discovered during the process.
• Encouraging creativity to grow expertise within the firm.
• Researching and analyzing financial statements and audit issues using databases.
• Engaging with client management to collect information and improve business processes.

Skills

External audit

Public accounting

Education

CPA certification (state aligned)

Job description

About Crowe

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here: At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you’re trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That’s why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.

Job Description

Crowe is growing tremendously. We are looking for future leaders, which means a partner career path or growth opportunities. At Crowe, there is the opportunity to transition between different industry verticals within Audit & Assurance that align with your professional goals. Are you up for the challenge?

About the Team

The Audit & Assurance team at Crowe provides traditional attestation services as well as accounting and consulting on applying accounting principles. Audit & Assurance professionals demonstrate deep specialization through an understanding of the market and business challenges their clients face and a dedication to audit quality. Though Crowe has various business units, Audit & Assurance is one of the largest practices. Learn more about our Audit & Assurance team!

Role Overview

For this specific opportunity, we are seeking talented professionals for full-time or seasonal work arrangement options. We’re looking for Audit Senior Associates with experience in Commercial Services industry verticals including but not limited to Energy, Oil & Gas, Food & Commodities, Metals, Supply Chain, Cannabis, Healthcare, Technology Media Telecommunications, Consumer Markets, Life Sciences, Real Estate & Construction, & Manufacturing. As a Audit Senior Associate, you will further learn to lead, gain deep industry insight, and grow relationships. With access to many resources and team support, this is what of your work includes: Running client engagements from start to finish. This includes all aspects of financial statement preparation, internal staffing of engagements, project scheduling and budgeting, planning of the engagement, and related administrative functions. Supervising, training, and mentoring staff and interns on audit process and assess performance of staff for engagement reviews. Maintaining an outstanding relationship with clients to increase customer happiness and working with client management and staff at all levels to perform audit services. We promote partnership and working together, so work with your audit team to identify and resolve client issues discovered during the audit process. We encourage creativity, to grow your expertise, which could make a difference at our firm. Researching and analyzing financial statements and audit issues using electronic databases, and employing audit software to review and compile financial information. Engage with key client management to collect information, resolve audit-related problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Running client engagements from start to finish. This includes all aspects of financial statement preparation, internal staffing of engagements, project scheduling and budgeting, planning of the engagement, and related administrative functions.
• Supervising, training, and mentoring staff and interns on audit process and assess performance of staff for engagement reviews.
• Maintaining an outstanding relationship with clients to increase customer happiness and working with client management and staff at all levels to perform audit services.
• We promote partnership and working together, so work with your audit team to identify and resolve client issues discovered during the audit process.
• We encourage creativity, to grow your expertise, which could make a difference at our firm.
• Researching and analyzing financial statements and audit issues using electronic databases, and employing audit software to review and compile financial information.
• Engage with key client management to collect information, resolve audit-related problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience.
• Your background should have experience in external audit working with Energy, Oil & Gas, Food & Commodities, Metals, Supply Chain, Cannabis, Healthcare, Technology Media Telecommunications, Consumer Markets, Life Sciences, Real Estate & Construction, & Manufacturing clients.
• Organization, social, technical, and accounting and auditing skills to work efficiently with clients and staff as well as build positive relationships.
• Experience with engagement management, reviews, and staff supervision.
• Being able to multi-task since planning, executing, and wrapping up various engagements may have to be performed concurrently.
• Your ability to perform research on technical matters prior to submitting for manager review is important.
• This position requires meeting the education requirement for CPA certification in your aligned home office state.
• Having a CPA license in that state already is even better.
• Ability to work additional hours as needed and travel to various client sites.

Benefits

Your exceptional people experience starts here. At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We care about our people and offer employees a comprehensive total rewards package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!

Equal Opportunity Statement

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time. The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $70,600.00 - $139,800.00 per year.

Contract and Working Hours

Contract type: Full-time or seasonal work arrangement options.

Application Assistance

Please visit our Applicant Assistance and Accommodations page for more information: https://careers.crowe.com/crowe-applicant-assistance-and-accommodation

Company Overview

Crowe (www.crowe.com) is a public accounting, consulting and technology firm with offices around the world. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities. The firm and its subsidiaries also help clients make smart decisions that lead to lasting value with its tax, advisory, and consulting services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the best places to work in the U.S. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world, Crowe serves clients worldwide. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.