Senior Audit Lead — Remote (U.S. GAAP)

Manay CPA; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work anywhere in Turkey

USD base salary

Collaborative and growth-oriented work

Exposure to US systems and diverse US/

Job summary

Manay CPA is expanding its audit practice and seeking experienced professionals to lead engagements across diverse industries. You’ll deepen expertise in U.S. GAAP, audit standards, tax codes, and business operations while collaborating with a global client base.

The role offers a fully remote setup, opportunities for growth, and hands-on onboarding with US systems and processes. Strong leadership and communication in English are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in auditing, accounting, and/or tax.
• Public accounting or external audit experience is required.
• Prior experience leading fieldwork and mentoring junior staff preferred.
• Comfortable working across audit, accounting, and tax engagements.
• Turkish CPA (SMMM) or Turkish Sworn-in CPA (YMM) License strongly preferred.
• USGAAP and/or IFRS experience is a big plus; comprehensive training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Lead the onboarding process for new audit clients, designing audit workflows and documentation setup and ensuring a smooth transition.
• Lead day-to-day audit engagement tasks, including risk assessment, planning, fieldwork, workpaper preparation, and completion of audit programs; review and guide junior staff’s work as needed.
• Use Thomson Reuters Engagement to complete audit, reporting, and compliance-related tasks with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency.
• Prepare and review audit schedules, management letters, reconciliations, and other audit documentation in line with professional standards.
• Design and perform substantive testing and analytical procedures to assess the accuracy and completeness of financial statements, and evaluate the results.
• Analyze financial data to identify trends, anomalies, and areas of risk, and surface insights for clients and internal stakeholders.
• Research complex auditing, accounting, and regulatory issues and provide practical, well-reasoned solutions.
• Assist with U.S. federal and state compliance requirements related to client audit engagements, including year-end reporting and filing support.
• Work across accounting, tax, and audit engagements throughout the year. This is a hybrid role by design, with audit work supplemented by bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and financial reporting support, particularly outside of peak audit season.
• Identify opportunities to improve clients’ audit, accounting, and financial processes.
• Participate in company-wide improvement initiatives.
• Lead special projects and financial report preparation as needed, and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Auditing

Accounting

Tax knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, business, or related field

Tools

Thomson Reuters Engagement

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Manay CPA is expanding its audit practice and seeking experienced professionals to lead engagements across diverse industries. You’ll deepen expertise in U.S. GAAP, audit standards, tax codes, and business operations while collaborating with a global client base.

The role offers a fully remote setup, opportunities for growth, and hands-on onboarding with US systems and processes. Strong leadership and communication in English are essential for success.