Supervisory Senior Auditor (Federal Audit)

Sikich LLP; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, and life insurance

401(k) with employer contributions

CPA bonus with paid exam and study days

Flexible Time Off (FTO) policy

Community volunteer program

Job summary

Sikich LLP is seeking a Supervisory Senior Auditor in Alexandria, VA. This role leads an auditing team, conducting tests for accuracy and compliance, and requires a Bachelor’s degree and CPA certification. Candidates should have 4+ years of relevant experience, strong communication skills, and leadership abilities. Additional skills such as proficiency in Microsoft Office and problem-solving are essential. Competitive benefits include health insurance and a flexible time off policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Accounting degree preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or CPA candidacy is required.
• Minimum of 4 years of accounting, auditing, and/or related technical experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Ability to travel up to 25%.
• Minimum Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain and maintain a clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide first line supervision to a team of auditing professionals.
• Conduct testing to determine accuracy and completeness of amounts reported.
• Prepare work products, including workpapers, findings, reports, and other written deliverables.
• Review work products prepared by team.
• Develop team through effectively delegating tasks and providing guidance.
• Act as primary liaison to the client, including leading meetings.
• Own assigned work areas.
• Leverage technology to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of audit procedures.

Skills

Auditing

Leadership

Accounting

Communication

Microsoft Office Suite

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

CPA certification

Job description

Supervisory Senior Auditor (Federal Audit)

Sikich is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented auditing professional with strong leadership and accounting skills. This role is contingent upon award of contract. This position requires an active Secret clearance or the ability to obtain this level of clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide first line supervision to a team of auditing professionals.
• Conduct testing to determine accuracy and completeness of amounts reported and to conclude upon the operating effectiveness of internal controls.
• Prepare work products, including workpapers, findings, reports, and other written deliverables, in accordance with auditing standards and firm guidelines.
• Review work products prepared by team.
• Develop team through effectively delegating tasks and providing guidance.
• Act as primary liaison to the client, including leading meetings.
• Own assigned work areas.
• Execute tasks for assigned work areas in accordance with an internally developed schedule that ensures the completion of tasks with sufficient time for secondary review and submission to client in accordance with contractual deadlines.
• Leverage technology, including data analysis tools and AI, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of audit procedures.
• Meet expectations for attendance, punctuality, and company/client deadlines and abide by all company policies.
• Actively participate in formal and informal training to continuously grow technical and non-technical competencies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Accounting degree preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or CPA candidacy is required.
• Minimum of 4 years of accounting, auditing, and/or related technical experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Ability to travel up to 25%.
• Minimum Active Secret clearance or ability to obtain and maintain a clearance.

Additional Skills/Experience

• Values driven – embody and model absolute integrity and servant leadership with a bias for action and continuous innovation.
• Uncompromising problem solver – find opportunities in every business challenge and develop, articulate, and implement solutions.
• Collaboration – build relationships across all levels of the organization and across all business units.
• Instills trust – follow through on commitments consistently and credibly.
• Impact & influence – relentlessly focused on making a difference and gain support for ideas, proposals, and solutions; get others to act, with or without formal authority, to advance initiatives and objectives.

Benefits and Compensation

In compliance with this state’s pay transparency laws, the midpoint of the salary range for this role is $101,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary; final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

• Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options.
• HSA employer contribution.
• Nine (9) paid holidays annually.
• A robust paid Parental Bonding Leave program covering birth, adoption, and foster children.
• 401(k) with employer contributions.
• CPA bonus with four (4) paid exam days & four (4) paid study days.
• FORCE – community volunteer program enabling each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer.
• Flexible Time Off (FTO) policy activated on first day with organization.
• Paid holidays throughout the year and support for taking time off the last week of the calendar year when client and project work permits.
• Comprehensive wellness program with activities tracked through wellness provider to obtain gift cards and other rewards.

Sikich is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.