Experienced Audit Associate

CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen); Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

CLA is a national professional services firm seeking an Audit Associate in Albuquerque, NM. You will perform audits, reviews, and other assurance services for clients while collecting and analyzing data to identify control deficiencies and risk.

This opportunity supports your career goals with CPA-exam potential and a collaborative culture where you can grow with our clients, teams, and communities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• 1 year of relevant experience preferred (internships may be acceptable).
• Eligible to sit for CPA exam preferred.
• You are looking for a firm that will support and foster your aspiring career goals.

Responsibilities

• Perform audits, reviews, some compilations, and other assurance services for clients.
• Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.
• Help build detailed reports on audit findings.
• Support multiple client engagements of varying size and complexity, on time and within budget, and communicate progress and audit results to supervisors.
• Complete assigned portions of engagements with consistency and accuracy and within tight time frames.
• Proactively interact and communicate with clients to gather information to ensure timely engagement wrap-up.
• Audit complex areas/transactions as well as prepare financial statements and related reports.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

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.

As An Audit Associate, You Will

• Perform the detail work of audits, review, some compilations, and other assurance services for clients.
• Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.
• Help build detailed reports on audit findings.
• Support multiple client engagements of varying size and complexity, on time and within budget, and communicate progress and audit results to supervisors.
• Complete assigned portions of engagements with consistency and accuracy and within tight time frames.
• Proactively interact and communicate with clients to gather information to ensure timely engagement wrap-up.
• Audit complex areas/transactions as well as prepare financial statements and related reports.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• 1 year of relevant experience preferred (prior experience via internship(s) may be acceptable).
• Eligible to sit for CPA exam preferred.
• You are looking for a firm that will support and foster your aspiring career goals.

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.