Audit Senior Staff

Gray, Gray & Gray; Canton (MA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Gray, Gray & Gray in Massachusetts is seeking an Audit Senior Staff to perform fieldwork on audit and review engagements with minimal supervision. You will help supervise entry level staff and implement accounting systems for new clients, while keeping management informed about engagement status.

You will contribute to the firm’s marketing activities and ensure adherence to quality control standards, maintain up-to-date knowledge of accounting principles, and communicate findings clearly to

Qualifications

• Working toward CPA with a BS in Accounting.
• Three+ years of progressive CPA firm experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform fieldwork on audit or review engagements with minimal supervision.
• Assist in supervising entry level staff accountants.
• Help implement accounting systems for new clients.
• Participate in the firm’s marketing activities.
• Prepare financial statements, notes, schedules, and management letters.
• Direct and perform research and support for projects with supervision.
• Has excellent skills in Excel and is proficient in core audit software.
• Ensure that their work is error free.
• Speak confidently to clients about the firm.
• Develop communication skills by providing technical assistance to staff while maintaining a team environment.
• Keep management informed of engagement status.

Skills

Excel

Supervision

Communication

Education

BS in Accounting

Tools

Core audit software

Job description

Responsibilities

An Audit Senior Staff assumes responsibility for performing fieldwork on audit or review engagements with minimum supervision. Assists with supervising entry level audit staff accountants assigned to engagements. Helps implement accounting systems for new clients and ensures higher-level personnel are kept informed about the status of engagements. Participates in the firm’s marketing activities. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Has an understanding of the firm's quality control standards
• Keeps abreast of general accounting principles
• Begins to develop knowledge of accounting principles related to clients and their industry
• Has an understanding of the client and its environment and their effect on audit risk assessment
• Understands audit risks and financial statement assertions and their effect on the audit approach
• Assumes responsibility for performing audit fieldwork including adherence to due dates and time budgets
• Prepares financial statements, notes, schedules, and management letters
• Directs and performs research and support for projects with supervision
• Has excellent skills in Excel and is proficient in core audit software
• Ensures that their work is error free
• Speaks confidently to clients about the firm
• Develops communication skills by providing technical assistance to staff while maintaining a team environment
• Keeps management informed of engagement status

Responsibilities

An Audit Senior Staff assumes responsibility for performing fieldwork on audit or review engagements with minimum supervision. Assists with supervising entry level audit staff accountants assigned to engagements. Helps implement accounting systems for new clients and ensures higher-level personnel are kept informed about the status of engagements. Participates in the firm’s marketing activities. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Has an understanding of the firm's quality control standards
• Keeps abreast of general accounting principles
• Begins to develop knowledge of accounting principles related to clients and their industry
• Has an understanding of the client and its environment and their effect on audit risk assessment
• Understands audit risks and financial statement assertions and their effect on the audit approach
• Assumes responsibility for performing audit fieldwork including adherence to due dates and time budgets
• Prepares financial statements, notes, schedules, and management letters
• Directs and performs research and support for projects with supervision
• Has excellent skills in Excel and is proficient in core audit software
• Ensures that their work is error free
• Speaks confidently to clients about the firm
• Develops communication skills by providing technical assistance to staff while maintaining a team environment
• Keeps management informed of engagement status

Qualified candidates will be working toward their CPA with a BS in Accounting and have at least three years of progressive CPA firm experience.