Senior Auditor

Prado & Renteria CPAs; Illinois; On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Prado & Renteria CPAs in Illinois is seeking a Senior Auditor to lead audit engagements, mentor 1–3 staff, and deliver high-quality audit services with limited supervision. The role emphasizes client relationships, team leadership, and compliance with GAAS, GAGAS, SSAE, and UG standards.

You will oversee planning, fieldwork, and reporting, develop budgets and timelines, and ensure timely, accurate communications with management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a relevant field.
• Professional audit certifications preferred (CPA is a plus).
• Strong presenting and communication skills to management/partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead audit engagements from planning through reporting.
• Mentor staff and manage fieldwork efficiency.
• Prepare and review audit reports with clear findings and recommendations.
• Maintain client relationships and communicate status to management.
• Ensure engagements comply with GAAS, GAGAS, SSAE, UG and firm standards.

Skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Research

Communication skills

Education

BS Degree

Tools

Advanced Flow

PPC tools

CaseWare

HR systems

Job description

Job Description

Prado & Renteria is growing, and we're looking for a Senior Auditor who enjoys building client relationships, mentoring staff, and delivering high-quality audit services.

Senior Auditor

The Senior Auditor, primarily as a leader of a team (normally 1-3 Auditors), is responsible for accomplishing all aspects of assigned engagements. The Senior Role oversees audit staff during attest and consulting engagements. The Senior Auditor is able to work with limited supervision.

What You'll Do

Lead Audit Engagements

• Oversees audit planning, field work, and audit reporting; prepare reports, and communicate findings and recommendations to line and senior management.
• Develops budgets and timelines for engagements.
• Understands and able to distinguish and apply the standards applicable to the scope and type of engagement (i.e., GAAS, GAGAS, SSAE, UG ...).
• General planning workpaper documentation integrates the elements of planning required by the applicable standards (i.e., independence, continuing professional education, risk assessment, audit work programs, examination/AUP procedures).
• Efficiently and effectively applies the Risk Assessment methodology to engagements.
• As part of Risk Assessment, identify engagement risks, including risk of material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Manage Fieldwork

• Review automated audit work papers prepared by the audit staff to ensure alignment with audit programs and compliance with the Firm’s methodology.
• Ensures that engagements are completed in compliance with the applicable standards.
• Communicate audit status to management on regular basis.

Reporting & Client Communication

• Identifies and includes sufficient documentation to support conclusions regarding findings and exceptions. Coordinate with the team to review audit findings.
• Analyzes and resolves audit issues in a timely fashion.
• Prepares reports with audit findings and recommendations.
• Discusses with management about audit observations, recommendations, and actions to be taken
• Prepares report drafts that result in minimal review comments from management.

Client Relationship Management

• Performs risk assessment procedures and concludes on the sufficiency of the engagement testing and documentation.
• Addresses and documents responses to all review comments in a timely manner.
• Completes tasks within timeframes by effectively planning & organizing own work effort.

Productivity

• Understands performance expectations and manages own and others’ work to meet those expectations.
• Aim to achieve an agreed utilization rate by communicating regularly with Managers on availability and assignment progress.

Technical Knowledge/Firm Systems

• Further build a depth of knowledge and understanding of tools, systems and processes (within discipline) and practical application (includes Advance Flow, PPC tools & other CPA firms’ systems such as CaseWare).
• Follow the firm’s systems and processes and apply them effectively (i.e., Humanforce HR, PracticeCS).

Client Service

• Visit clients on-site and be a point of contact for the client throughout the year.
• Manage day-to-day client relationships.
• Take responsibility for quality client service.

People Development and Teamwork

• Actively pursue learning and development opportunities in line with the competency model.
• Build a strong rapport with Auditors/Accountants and guide and coach them in their learning.

Qualifications

• Professional audit certifications preferred (CPA is a plus)
• BS Degree (required)
• Must be capable of presenting results to line and/or senior management/partners.

Skills

• Good analytical, interpersonal, time management, research, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated technical abilities in select areas (audit, accounting, regulatory, compliance, etc.).

Company Description

Prado & Renteria is a pillar to career growth. Our vision is to create value and engagement opportunities for organizations and individuals to fulfill their purpose.

Today, Prado & Renteria CPAs, Prof. Corp. is the largest Hispanic woman-owned CPA firm in the State of Illinois. Through our trusted support and expertise, Prado & Rente