Audit Senior Associate - Insurance

Crowe LLP; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 63,500 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowe LLP in Hartford, CT, is seeking an experienced auditor to run client engagements from start to finish, including financial statement preparation, staffing, scheduling and budgeting.

The role emphasizes mentoring staff, maintaining client relationships, managing engagement issues, researching technical matters, and supporting process improvements across audits; travel to client sites may be required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of public accounting external audit experience.
• Experience with Insurance clients.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, technical, and accounting skills.
• Experience with engagement management, reviews, and supervising staff.
• Ability to multi-task and manage concurrent engagements.
• Ability to conduct technical research before manager review.
• CPA licensure in the home state is preferred or required.
• Willingness to travel to client sites and work additional hours as needed.

Responsibilities

• Run client engagements from start to finish, including financial statement prep, staffing, scheduling and budgeting.
• Supervise, train and mentor staff and interns on audit processes and assess performance.
• Maintain strong client relationships and collaborate with client management at all levels.
• Collaborate with audit team to identify and resolve issues discovered during audits; promote creativity and growth.
• Research and analyze financial statements and audit issues using audit software.
• Engage with client management to gather information, resolve issues, and recommend process improvements.

Skills

Audit

Engagement management

Staff supervision

Client relations

Multi-tasking

Education

CPA licensure in home state

Tools

Audit software

Job description

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 working with Insurance 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.

Compensation

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 $63,500.00 - $142,000.00 per year.

Benefits

Our 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.

EEO Statement

Crowe LLP 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, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.