Senior Assurance Partner, Asset Management

RSM US LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Flexible schedule

Job summary

RSM US LLP is seeking an experienced Assurance Partner to lead audit and assurance for the Asset Management-Private Equity practice in New York. You will manage engagement teams, drive client service, and expand relationships with private equity clients, while ensuring quality and profitability.

The role requires directing complex audits, mentoring teams, and delivering strategic business advice to clients and firm leaders, with a focus on growth and risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
• Active CPA license in state of residence (or equivalent professional credential) required.
• 13+ years of progressive public accounting / external audit or assurance experience, including significant experience leading audit engagements of increasing complexity and size.
• Proven track record of building and maintaining a substantial client portfolio, including bringing in new business, retaining clients, and ensuring engagement profitability and growth.
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills, with success managing multiple large or complex audit portfolios, supervising senior leadership teams, and guiding firm-wide talent development and staffing strategies.
• Deep technical mastery of accounting and auditing standards including US GAAP, US GAAS or other relevant regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Serve as audit engagement leader and/or client service coordinator, managing required financial statements, related disclosures, and other client deliverables.
• Manage multiple engagements, oversee engagement status, and maintain milestones for complex audit and assurance projects.
• Identify technical accounting and auditing matters early, assess impact, and coordinate with firm specialists as needed.
• Review work product, communicate audit status to clients, and assess resources needed for project completion.
• Maintain contact with clients throughout the year to build deeper relationships and better understand client goals and strategies.
• Manage profitability, billing, collections, engagement economics, and operational discipline consistent with firm expectations.
• Assess risk and design and communicate audit procedures to engagement teams.
• Develop external relationships and centers of influence to support business growth and brand presence.
• Provide insightful business advice and present as a trusted business advisor to clients and stakeholders.
• Understand team member skillsets and capabilities, monitor and review work product, and provide timely coaching and performance feedback.
• Develop others within the firm through training, career development, coaching, and participation in firm initiatives.
• Anticipate and address client concerns, elevate issues promptly, and support quality, independence, and risk management expectations.
• Maintain professional development through ongoing education and stay current on relevant standards, firm policies, and quality expectations.
• Use digital quality enablers, data, and global delivery resources where appropriate to support consistent, efficient, high-quality outcomes.
• Lead with an enterprise mindset, aligning decisions to long-term firm value, cultural stewardship, and client outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Client relationship management

Communication

Strategic thinking

Ethical judgment

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

CPA license

US GAAP/GAAS knowledge

Job description

RSM US LLP is seeking an experienced Assurance Partner to lead audit and assurance for the Asset Management-Private Equity practice in New York. You will manage engagement teams, drive client service, and expand relationships with private equity clients, while ensuring quality and profitability.

The role requires directing complex audits, mentoring teams, and delivering strategic business advice to clients and firm leaders, with a focus on growth and risk management.