External Auditor

Energy Innovation Corp; Bellingham (WA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking an External Auditor in Bellingham, WA to strengthen controls, streamline Excel usage, and sharpen financial reporting. The role emphasizes finance ownership and growth within the firm.

You will track grant funding, convert a messy chart of accounts into readable information, and collaborate with Tax Compliance and Fixed Assets to automate processes. The audit culminates in a signed opinion with a flexible schedule around Bellingham.

Qualifications

• 4 years of Excel practice.
• 5+ years applying tax compliance in finance.
• Experience defending recommendations before skeptical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting.
• Convert a messy chart of accounts into readable information.
• Coordinate with Tax Compliance and Fixed Assets to automate processes.
• Own the tax provision and the explanatory footnotes.
• Forecast mid-level budget reforecasts through leadership rounds.
• Forecast tax payments precisely to avoid penalties.
• Model runway to identify next funding date.
• Lead year-end audit from PBC list to signed opinion.

Skills

Excel

Tax compliance

Financial reporting

Stakeholder communication

Forecasting

Audit coordination

Job description

Goldman Sachs is bringing on an External Auditor to strengthen controls, streamline Excel, and sharpen financial reporting. What you're really weighing is $82,000 - $114,000 against 3 years, with finance ownership and Goldman Sachs growth tipping the scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Track grant funding, restricted accounts, and compliance reporting
• Convert a messy chart of accounts into something a newcomer can read
• Lean on Tax Compliance and Fixed Assets to automate what used to be manual
• Own the tax provision and the footnotes that explain it
• Carry the mid-level budget reforecast through three rounds of leadership review
• Forecast tax payments precisely enough to avoid an underpayment penalty
• Model the runway so Goldman Sachs always knows its next funding date
• Shepherd the year-end fast-growing audit from PBC list to signed opinion

What You'll Bring

• A WA sensibility, or genuine curiosity about this market
• 4 years of Excel práctica, plus a hunger for what's next
• 5+ years putting Tax Compliance to work in a finance setting
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
• 3+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame

Goldman Sachs began as a side project in Bellingham and grew into the ruthlessly-focused platform thousands of finance users now rely on. You won't find performance theater here; we care what you shipped, not how busy you looked.

We reward your Excel with $82,000 - $114,000, surround it with mentorship and benefits, and let your schedule flex around Bellingham.

Demand on the finance team has us moving fast to fill this seat.

We open the External Auditor role today and close it once we meet the right person, so hurry.