Senior Associate – Public Sector

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Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 95,000 - 125,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Crowe is seeking an experienced audit professional to run client engagements from start to finish, including financial statement preparation, staffing, budgeting, scheduling, and administrative functions. You will supervise, train, and mentor staff and interns on the audit process, assess performance, and maintain strong client relationships across levels to deliver audit services.

Experience with governmental clients is required, and travel to client sites is expected; CPA licensure is

Qualifications

Must have CPA licensure and meet education requirements for CPA in the aligned home office state.
Experience with governmental clients is required.
Strong organizational, social, technical, accounting, and auditing skills.

Responsibilities

Run client engagements from start to finish, including financial statement preparation, engagement staffing, scheduling, budgeting, planning, and administrative functions.
Supervise, train, and mentor staff and interns on the audit process and assess staff performance for engagement reviews.
Maintain strong client relationships and work with client management and staff at all levels to perform audit services.
Work with the audit team to identify and resolve client issues discovered during the audit process.
Research and analyze financial statements and audit issues using electronic databases and audit software.
Engage key client management to collect information and resolve audit-related problems.
Make recommendations for business and process improvements.

Skills

Public accounting

External audit

Engagement management

Client relationship management

Organization

Mentoring

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Research and analysis

Budgeting

Multitasking

Problem resolution

Education

CPA License

Tools

Audit Software

Electronic Databases

Job description

Run client engagements from start to finish, including financial statement preparation, engagement staffing, scheduling, budgeting, planning, and administrative functions
Supervise, train, and mentor staff and interns on the audit process and assess staff performance for engagement reviews
Maintain strong client relationships and work with client management and staff at all levels to perform audit services
Work with the audit team to identify and resolve client issues discovered during the audit process
Research and analyze financial statements and audit issues using electronic databases and audit software
Engage key client management to collect information and resolve audit-related problems
Make recommendations for business and process improvements

Requirements

2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience
Experience working with governmental clients
Organization, social, technical, accounting, and auditing skills
Experience with engagement management, reviews, and staff supervision
Ability to multitask across concurrent engagements
Ability to research technical matters before manager review
Must meet the education requirement for CPA certification in the aligned home office state
Existing CPA license in the aligned home office state is advantageous
Ability to work additional hours as needed
Ability to travel to various client sites
Must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States
Crowe is not sponsoring work authorization at this time
Commitment to Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship and to ethical, integrity-driven conduct

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in public accounting and external audit processes, with a strong focus on client engagement management, financial statement preparation, and staff supervision. Proven ability to analyze audit issues and recommend process improvements while maintaining strong client relationships.

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