External Auditor

Strategic Consulting Partners; Eau Claire (WI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Consulting Partners in Eau Claire, WI seeks an External Auditor to balance books, model the future, and explain clearly. The contract role offers mentorship, benefits, and flexible scheduling; the position anchors on $50,000–$73,000 annually.

Responsibilities include leading audit prep, revenue schedules, investor reporting, and monthly/quarterly/annual statements, with a focus on SOX controls and intercompany flows.

Qualifications

• 1+ years putting SQL to work in a finance setting.
• Knowledge of Fixed Assets and QuickBooks.
• Able to defend recommendations before skeptics.
• Team player who supports colleagues and shares credit.
• Month-End Close fundamentals with liquidity management focus.
• Strong communicator who can disagree professionally.
• Around 1 year of hands-on experience in a finance role.

Responsibilities

• Keep deferred revenue schedules airtight as contracts renew.
• Lead audit preparation and serve as primary contact for external auditors.
• Assist with quarterly investor reporting and financial narratives.
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Run the cost-accounting layer beneath every finance product line.
• Map intercompany flows to ensure consolidation accuracy.
• Own the SOX-to-QuickBooks handoff to avoid reporting delays.
• Draft tax memos clear enough for legal sign-off.

Skills

SQL in finance

Fixed Assets knowledge

QuickBooks

Presentation skills

Team player

Month-End Close

Liquidity management

Communication

Tools

QuickBooks

Job description

We are looking for a collaborative External Auditor who can balance the books, model the future, and explain both in plain English. Take stock: $50,000 - $73,000, contract, 1 years of SOX Compliance, and a junior title that grows teeth as you prove yourself.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep deferred revenue schedules airtight as contracts renew
• Lead the Strategic Consulting Partners audit preparation and serve as primary contact for external auditors
• Assist with quarterly investor reporting and purpose-led financial narratives
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements
• Run the cost-accounting layer beneath every finance product line
• Map intercompany flows so consolidation never throws a surprise
• Own the SOX Compliance-to-QuickBooks handoff so reporting never stalls between teams
• Draft tax memos clear enough that legal signs without rewrites

What You'll Bring

• 1+ years putting SQL to work in a finance setting
• Working knowledge of Fixed Assets alongside transferable QuickBooks chops
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
• A team player who lifts up colleagues and shares credit
• Month-End Close fundamentals plus the Liquidity Management polish clients notice
• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal
• Around 1+ years of hands-on experience in a finance role

Our team at Strategic Consulting Partners is autonomy-driven, collaborative, and proud to call Eau Claire, WI home. Collaboration over heroics is our default, and we'd rather win as a group than burn anyone out.

We anchor everything in $50,000 - $73,000, then add mentorship, benefits, and the freedom to flex your contract schedule around real life.

We refreshed it today so candidates know the contract role is genuinely open.