Audit Senior Associate - Retail

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

CLA is hiring an Audit & Assurance Senior to join CliftonLarsonAllen's Central Texas Retail team. This in-office role is based out of San Antonio, Austin, Dallas or Fort Worth and supports a Department of Defense contract requiring U.S. citizenship.

You will lead day-to-day audit activities for retail clients, review procedures, and help design internal controls while communicating findings to clients and management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 2 years of public accounting audit experience required.
• Ability to travel to client sites with possible overnight travel.
• Current CPA or eligibility to sit for the CPA exam preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute and manage day-to-day audit activities for retail clients from start to finish.
• Review client accounting and operating procedures.
• Develop and assess internal controls design and implementation.
• Prepare financial statements and disclosures and respond to reportable letters.
• Communicate technical matters clearly to staff, management, and clients.

Skills

Audit experience

Communication with staff/management

CPA eligibility

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.

CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP is hiring an Audit & Assurance Senior to join CLA's Central Texas Retail team. In this role, you’ll work with our retail clients, a unique opportunity for you to gain specialized skillset in a niche area of expertise that will accelerate your career. This is an in-office position based out of either our San Antonio, Austin, Dallas or Fort Worth. This position supports a Department of Defense (DoD) contract requiring U.S. citizenship.

How you’ll create opportunities in this Audit Senior role:

• Executing and managing the day-to-day activities of audit engagements with our retail clients from start to finish, including managing the budget, planning, fieldwork, directing staff and completing financial statements, including related disclosures
• Reviewing client accounting and operating procedures
• Developing and assessing the design and implementation of internal controls
• Preparing all necessary financial statement and related disclosures and reportable condition correspondence letters
• Utilizing proactive and effective communication with staff, management, and clients to communicate technical matters to both clients and management.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field is required.
• Current CPA or eligibility to sit for the CPA exam is preferred.
• 2 years of public accounting audit experience required, with emphasis in financial statement preparation, audits, reviews, and compilations is required.
• Prior experience with an established public accounting or professional services firm is preferred.
• Ability to travel to client sites which may also require infrequent overnight travel.

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.