FSG Audit Senior Associate

ED03 Elliott Davis Advisory, LLC; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous time away

Flexible schedules

Parental leave

Health and wellness benefits

Professional coaching

Leadership programs

Beyond program access

Job summary

Elliott Davis Advisory, LLC in Charlotte, NC seeks an Audit Senior to participate in the audit process from planning to completion for clients as part of the annual audit plan. You will plan, supervise, and perform financial statement audits, build knowledge of clients' business, and evaluate internal controls.

You will mentor staff, provide feedback, manage engagement economics, and collaborate with teams to identify opportunities among existing clients while delivering compliant, high-quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required.
• 2+ years of public accounting experience.
• CPA certification or significant progress toward certification.
• Ability to prepare and/or review a complete set of financial statements.
• Strong oral and written communication and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, supervise and perform financial statement audits for clients.
• Build trust-based relationships with clients by understanding their business.
• Evaluate internal control systems and develop recommendations to improve processes and procedures.
• Prepare financial statements, audit reports, budgets and cash flow analyses.
• Resolve open items encountered on engagements.
• Monitor engagement economics by managing budgets and efficiency.
• Teach, develop, and oversee staff throughout engagements and delegate tasks.
• Provide constructive feedback to staff and collaborate to identify opportunities among clients.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance

Job description

Elliott Davis pairs forward-thinking tax, assurance and consulting services with industry-leading workplace culture. Our nine offices — located in the fastest growing cities in the US — are built on a foundation of inclusivity, collaboration, and collective growth. We work daily to provide exceptional service to our people, customers, and our communities. Audit and assurance services are provided by Elliott Davis, LLC (doing business in NC and D.C. as Elliott Davis, PLLC), a licensed CPA firm. The role of the Audit Senior is to participate in the audit process from planning to completion for clients as part of the company’s annual audit plan. Tasks will include planning the audit process, researching, reviewing current processes, and providing recommendations to enhance company policies and procedures. The Audit Senior is responsible for supervising, motivating, developing, and reviewing the work of the audit staff team.

Responsibilities

• Plan, supervise and perform financial statement audits for clients
• Build trust-based relationships with clients by developing a comprehensive knowledge of key clients’ business
• Evaluate the client's internal control systems and develop recommendations to improve client processes, accounting systems, control structure and procedures, and efficiency.
• Prepare financial statements, audit reports, budget and cash flow analyses, and special reports for clients
• Resolve all open items/issues encountered on assigned engagements
• Actively monitor engagement economics by managing budgets and seeking efficienciesBottom-line management of assigned engagements and individual productivity opportunities, becoming a subject-matter expert in one or more technical aspects
• Teach, develop, and oversee staff throughout engagements, delegate assignments and tasks.
• Provide honest, objective, and constructive feedback in a timely manner to staff.
• Collaborate to identify and sell opportunities among existing clients
• Serve as a mentor and role model through active participation in firm committees, departmental matters, and events

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• 2+ years of recent public accounting experience
• CPA certification or significant progress toward certification
• Ability to prepare and/or review a complete set of financial statements
• Strong oral and written communication skills; effective listening skills
• Effective analytical and problem-solving ability
• Strong time and work management skills

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US

• generous time away and paid firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s
• flexible work schedules
• 16 weeks of paid maternity and adoption leave, 8 weeks of paid parental leave, 4 weeks of paid and caregiver leave (once eligible)
• first-class health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling
• one-on-one professional coaching
• Leadership and career development programs
• access to Beyond: a one-of-a kind program with experiences that help you expand your life, personally and professionally

ADA REQUIREMENTS

The physical and cognitive/mental requirements and the work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to remain in a stationary position; use hands repetitively to operate standard office equipment; and to talk or hear, both in person and by telephone
• Required to have specific vision abilities which include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Cognitive/Mental Requirements

• Use written and oral communication skills.
• Read and interpret data, information, and documents.
• Observe and interpret situations.
• Work under deadlines with frequent interruptions; and
• Interact with internal and external customers and others in the course of work.

Elliott Davis pairs forward-thinking tax, assurance and consulting services with industry-leading workplace culture. Our nine offices — located in the fastest growing cities in the US — are built on a foundation of inclusivity, collaboration, and collective growth. We work daily to provide exceptional service to our people, customers, and our communities. “Elliott Davis” is the brand name under which Elliott Davis, LLC (doing business in North Carolina and D.C. as Elliott Davis, PLLC) and Elliott Davis Advisory, LLC and its subsidiary entities provide professional services in an alternative practice structure in accordance with applicable professional standards. Elliott Davis, LLC is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its customers. Elliott Davis Advisory, LLC and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business consulting services to their customers.