Senior Audit Manager, Construction

Aprio; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401k with Profit Sharing

Parental Leave

Tuition Assistance

Discretionary incentive

Remote/hybrid options

Job summary

Aprio is seeking a Senior Manager to lead assurance engagements for construction contractors and real estate developers, owners, and operators. Your primary focus will be construction and real estate, with potential involvement in other industries as needed.

You will supervise and mentor staff, manage budgets, and ensure rigorous technical reviews. You will engage with partners and clients, develop business opportunities, and help raise the firm’s profile through industry involvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or a closely related field.
• Active CPA license.
• Seven or more years of current or recent public accounting experience with a concentration in audit and assurance.
• Demonstrated ability to manage, coach, and develop staff accountants.
• Strong analytical skills applied to financial statements and other financial information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with clients and colleagues.
• Initiative, judgment, and ability to lead and work independently.
• High professional integrity and ethics.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple audit, review, and other assurance engagements from planning through delivery.
• Serve as primary client contact and build long-term relationships.
• Own technical quality and review workpapers, financial statements, and client deliverables.
• Manage budgets, WIP, billing, and scope changes.
• Communicate status and findings clearly with partners, team, and clients.
• Research and document technical positions and explain standards changes to clients.
• Supervise and delegate across staff levels to keep engagements moving.

Skills

Audit & Assurance

Management & Coaching

Client Communication

Integrity & Ethics

ASC 606 Revenue

WIP & Job Cost

Surety & Bonding

Debt Covenant Audits

ASC 842 Leasing

Boards & Stakeholders

Data Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

CPA license

Tools

Audit Automation Tools

Data Analytics Tools

Job description

Work with a Top 20 CPA and advisory firm that Accounts for Anything. Aprio has 40 U.S. office locations, as well as international office locations and more than 3,200 team members that speak 60+ languages across the globe.

By bringing together proven expertise, deep understanding, and strategic foresight for fast-growing industries, Aprio ensures clients are prepared for wherever life or business may take them. Discover a top-rated culture, vast growth opportunities and your next big career move with Aprio.

Join Aprio's Assuranceteam and you will help clients maximize their opportunities. Aprio Advisory Group, LLC is a progressive, fast-growing firm looking for a Senior Manager to join their dynamic team.

Aprio is seeking a Senior Manager to lead assurance engagements for construction contractors and real estate developers, owners, and operators. Contractors and developers live with a particular kind of unknown: revenue that depends on estimates, jobs that shift mid-stream, sureties and lenders who need answers quickly, and capital structures that rarely stay simple.

Your primary focus will be in construction and real estate. You may support engagements in other industries as the practice needs, but your specialty is the reason we are hiring.

Engagement and client management:

• Lead multiple audit, review, and other assurance engagements concurrently, from planning and risk assessment through final review and delivery.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for an assigned book of clients, and build relationships that extend past the engagement calendar.
• Own technical quality, performing final review of workpapers, financial statements, and other client deliverables before partner sign-off.
• Manage engagement economics, including budgets, work in process, billing, and realization, and raise scope changes early rather than at the end.
• Communicate clearly and often with partners, team members, and clients on expectations, status, findings, and open items.
• Research and document technical positions, and help clients understand new standards before they take effect.
• Supervise and delegate across all staff levels, matching work to the right person and keeping engagements moving.

Business development

• Take an active role in marketing the firm's services, contributing to proposals, and new business wins.
• Build a network of referral sources, including attorneys, bankers, sureties, and other advisors in your industry.
• Recognize cross-serving opportunities across tax, advisory, client accounting services, and wealth management, and bring the right Aprio team to the table.
• Represent Aprio in industry associations, at conferences, and through thought leadership.

Team development

• Coach, develop, and energize associates, senior associates, and managers on your engagements.
• Deliver candid, timely feedback and act as a counselor to less experienced team members.
• Contribute to training in your industry specialty, and help raise technical capability across the practice.
• Support recruiting and retention by helping build a team people want to stay on

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or a closely related field.
• Active CPA license.
• Seven or more years of current or recent public accounting experience, with a concentration in audit and assurance.
• Demonstrated record of managing, coaching, and developing staff accountants.
• Strong analytical skills applied to financial statements and other financial information.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with clients and colleagues.
• Initiative and sound judgment, with a willingness to lead, decide, and work independently.
• High standard of professional integrity and ethics.

• Five or more years of assurance experience concentrated in construction contractors and real estate developers
• Working knowledge of revenue recognition for long-term construction contracts under ASC 606, including over- and under-billings, estimated cost to complete, and contract modifications.
• Experience with work-in-process schedule analysis and job cost systems.
• Familiarity with surety and bonding requirements, and with the reporting sureties and lenders expect.
• Experience auditing entities with debt covenants, construction loans, guarantees, and joint venture or partnership structures.
• Working knowledge of ASC 842 leases, ASC 810 consolidation and variable interest entities.

• Experience presenting to boards, audit committees, owners, or lenders.
• Experience with data analytics or audit automation tools.

Why work for Aprio:

Whether you are just starting out, looking to advance into management or searching for your next leadership role, Aprio offers an opportunity to grow with a future-focused, innovative firm.

Perks/Benefits we offer for full-time team members:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance on the first day of employment
• Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Account
• 401k with Profit Sharing
• 9+ holidays and discretionary time off structure
• Parental Leave – coverage for both primary and secondary caregivers
• Tuition Assistance Program and CPA support program with cash incentive upon completion
• Discretionary incentive compensation based on firm, group and individual performance
• Incentive compensation related to origination of new client sales
• Top rated wellness program
• Flexible working environment including remote and hybrid options

What’s in it for you:

• Working with an industry leader: Be part of a high-growth firm that is passionate for what’s next.
• An awesome culture: Thirty-one fundamental behaviors guide our culture every day ensuring we always deliver an exceptional team-member and client experience. We call it the Aprio Way. This shared mindset creates lasting relationships between team members and with clients.
• A great team: Work with a high-energy, passionate, caring and ambitious team of professionals in a collaborative culture.
• Entrepreneurship: Have the freedom to innovate and bring your ideas to help us grow to become the CPA firm of choice nationally.
• Growth opportunities: Grow professionally in an environment that fosters continuous learning and advancement.
• Competitive compensation: You will be rewarded with competitive compensation, industry-leading benefits and a flexible work environment to enjoy work/life balance.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Aprio is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex; pregnancy; sexual orientation; gender identity and/or expression; age; disability; genetic information, citizenship status; military service obligations or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Aprio, LLP and Aprio Advisory Group, LLC, operate in an alternative business structure, with Aprio Advisory Group, LLC providing non-attest tax and consulting services, and Aprio, LLP providing CPA firm services.