Senior Audit Lead – Tribal & Governmental Engagements

Grinding Rock CPAs & Advisors; Indiana; Hybrid; USD 75.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Grinding Rock CPAs & Advisors seeks an Audit Senior Associate to lead fieldwork on audits and attestation engagements, with a focus on tribal governments and local/state governments. You will own engagement areas, coach junior staff, and build expertise in tribal accounting and compliance.

The role requires planning, performing, and reviewing procedures, communicating findings to clients, and ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables in complex funding environments.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is required.
• 3 to 5+ years of public accounting audit experience.
• Strong experience performing financial statement audit fieldwork and preparing documentation.
• Experience with tribal governments, tribal organizations, tribal enterprises, or state and local governments.
• Understanding of governmental and fund accounting concepts.
• Experience with internal control testing and audit risk assessment.
• Strong Excel, workpaper, and audit documentation skills.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• CPA license or progress toward CPA preferred.

Aufgaben

• Perform and lead day-to-day audit fieldwork for financial statement audits, compliance engagements, and other attestation projects.
• Execute testing in higher-risk and more complex audit areas, including cash, revenues, expenditures, payroll, internal controls, and compliance.
• Prepare and review workpapers, schedules, confirmations, and audit documentation for completeness and quality.
• Assist with planning procedures, risk assessments, materiality, sampling, and engagement wrap-up.
• Prepare draft financial statements, footnotes, and related audit support.
• Communicate with client finance teams to request documentation, resolve questions, and keep engagements moving.
• Identify internal control, compliance, and reporting issues and elevate them with clear recommendations.
• Support audits involving federal awards and Single Audit compliance.
• Supervise and coach associates and interns, including reviewing work and providing practical feedback.
• Help managers and partners keep engagements on schedule and within budget.
• Contribute to a professional, respectful, and client-centered engagement experience

Kenntnisse

Excel proficiency

Verbal communication

Written communication

Multitasking

Time management

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

CPA license or progress toward CPA

Tools

GASB-based environments

Jobbeschreibung

Grinding Rock CPAs & Advisors seeks an Audit Senior Associate to lead fieldwork on audits and attestation engagements, with a focus on tribal governments and local/state governments. You will own engagement areas, coach junior staff, and build expertise in tribal accounting and compliance.

The role requires planning, performing, and reviewing procedures, communicating findings to clients, and ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables in complex funding environments.