Senior Auditor

Chavan & Associates, LLP, CPAs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

401K plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Chavan & Associates (C&A) is seeking a Senior Auditor to manage client engagements and develop strong working relationships with clients. You’ll contribute to planning, performing audits, and delivering accurate financial statements.

The role emphasizes collaboration with audit teams, adherence to auditing standards, and opportunities for career advancement within a supportive, less bureaucratic environment.

Qualifications

• Senior Auditor responsible for completing client engagements.
• Lead planning and conduct annual audit, review and compilation engagements.
• Supervise staff and ensure deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Gain understanding of clients’ needs and operations.
• Take a lead role in planning and conducting annual audit, review and compilation engagements.
• Supervise audit staff assigned to engagements.
• Prepare working papers and financial statements under GASB and GAAP.
• Assess risks and evaluate client internal control structure.
• Build client relationships and maintain smooth working relationships.
• Meet time constraints and client deadlines.

Skills

Client relationship management

Audit planning

Staff supervision

Tools

Pfx Engagement

Job description

At Chavan & Associates (C&A) you’ll get stimulating client assignments, without the bureaucratic structure, or the factory floor environment. You’ll have more opportunities to learn from and collaborate with some of the brightest audit experts in the industry and work side‑by‑side with your clients along the way. We are committed to providing you with unique career and personal development opportunities.

Founded in 2009, C&A is a full‑service CPA firm with a significant clientele including local governments, nonprofits and small companies. We are members of GFOA, CalCPA, AICPA, GAQC, the AICPA nonprofit section, and the AICPA Tax Center. We provide accounting and auditing expertise primarily in the areas of compliance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the standards set forth for financial audits in the United States General Accounting Office’s (GAO)Government Auditing Standards, and the provisions of the Federal Single Audit Act and the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Guidance.

We strive to be anAudit Firm unlike all others…

• Where audit professionals enjoy better work/life harmony, including controlled overtime.
• Where we offer generous Compensation & Benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision and Life benefits; 401K Plan; Paid holidays and Paid Time Off.
• Where we contribute generously toward your monthly health benefit premiums.
• Where an accelerated career path is based on skills and performance, not the calendar.
• Where you will experience a more informal atmosphere, an open‑door policy, and the comfort of Business Casual Attire, Casual Attire and Remote Working Opportunities.
• Where there is less bureaucracy, fewer layers, and far more client contact.
• Where you can collaborate with the brightest of colleagues.
• Where you have the opportunity to work at home, at the client or in a hotel in Wine Country.
• Where the opportunity to be a partner is a clear path, not just a promise.

We are searching for a Senior Auditor. As a Senior Auditor with our firm, you’ll be responsible for completing client engagements while developing strong working relationships with clients built around understanding their operations and challenges.You’ll support all aspects of the engagements that you manage, participate in continuing education, and receive the necessary on‑the‑job training to grow professionally. Partner opportunities are available. You will be In‑Charge of multiple engagements and the staff assigned to those engagements, with the following responsibilities:

• Gain an understanding of clients’ needs and expectations, their operations and industry, accounting and control systems, employees, company values and industry specific Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Governmental Accounting Standards, Financial Accounting Standards, Generally Accepted Governmental Auditing Standards, Uniform Compliance (Single Audit) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards issues.
• Take a lead role in planning and conducting annual audit, review and compilation engagements with a variety of clients.
• Supervise audit staff assigned to your engagements.
• Perform diversified accounting and auditing assignments under the direction of partners.
• Demonstrate competency in technical skills, work quality, and application of professional and Firm standards.
• Meet time constraints and client deadlines.
• Build client relationships and maintain smooth working relationships.
• Work effectively within given budgetary parameters; assist staff in prioritizing and managing their workload.Approach projects with a sense of urgency and is completion orientated.
• Prepare and index working papers in an electronic audit software (Pfx Engagement); perform various procedures established under auditing standards to verify accuracy and validity of client financial matters.
• Prepare financial statements under GASB, FASB and other federal, state or local guidelines.
• Perform technical work and develop technical skills.
• Assess risks and evaluate the client’s internal control structure.
• Work with audit teams to identify and resolve client issues discovered during the audit process.
• Assist firm management and prepare engagement reports of findings and recommendations.