Audit Senior Associate - Retail

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen); San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

Job summary

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) is hiring an Audit & Assurance Senior to join CLA's Central Texas Retail team. This in-office role is based out of San Antonio, Austin, Dallas or Fort Worth and requires travel to client sites, with occasional overnight trips.

You will lead audit engagements, review procedures, and develop internal controls while delivering high‑quality financial statements and disclosures for retail clients.

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Execute and manage day-to-day activities of audit engagements from start to finish, including budgeting, planning, fieldwork, directing staff and preparing financial statements.
• Review client accounting and operating procedures.
• Develop and assess design/implementation of internal controls.
• Prepare financial statements and related disclosures and reportable condition correspondence letters.
• Communicate technical matters clearly to staff, management, and clients.

Skills

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA eligibility or CPA

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.