Full Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Assurance Manager to join our dynamic accounting firm. The successful candidate will oversee the planning, execution, and completion of assurance engagements while ensuring the highest standards of quality and client satisfaction. This role involves supervising a team of professionals, managing client relationship, and contributing to the firm's growth through exceptional service delivery.
What you will do:
Engagement Management
• Supervise, direct, and review the results through the delegation of tasks throughout the planning, field work and "wrap-up" stages of an Audit client engagement.
• Ensure engagement profitability involving billings and collections.
• Advise client on various economic and regulatory risks within their industry, resolving complex accounting issues, apply GAAP and GAAS consistently within complex situations, writing technical consultation memos on GAAP / GAAS issues.
• Documentation, validating, testing, and assessing various financial reporting control systems.
Team Leadership:
• Supervise, mentor, and develop staff, providing training and performance feedback.
• Review work performed by team members to ensure accuracy and compliance with applicable standards.
• Promote a collaborative and positive team environment
Client Relationships:
• Build and maintain strong client relationships through effective communication and exceptionals service delivery.
• Identify client needs and offer tailored solutions, including identifying opportunities for additional services.
Quality and Compliance:
• Monitor compliance with professional standards, regulatory requirements, and firm policies.
• Stay current on industry developments and changes in accounting and auding standards
• Assist with internal quality control initiatives and processes.
• Business Development:
• Contriubue to the firm's growhth by identifying new business opporutnies and paricupaing in netweorking events.
• Assist in preparing proposals and presentations for prospective clients.
What you bring to the role:
Education:
Bachelors in Accounting or equivalent required
MBA/Masters degree in Accountancy preferred
Experiences, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Five (5) or more years prior work experience in public accounting required
• Prior significant supervisory experience
• Extensive experience in external auditing, preferably in Big 4 or National accounting firm.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with a track record of successfully leading and motivating diverse teams.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills to build strong client relationships and interact effectively with stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple engagements, prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Business acumen and a strategic mindset to contribute to business development efforts.
• Ability to resolve complex accounting issues.
• Ability to be responsible for business development and marketing.
• Ability to be responsible for engagement profitability including billings and collections.
License/Certifications:
• Active licensed US CPA, recognized active International Equivalent or unique qualification as defined by Firm's Assurance Licensing Policy, required
• If active international equivalent or unique qualifications, required to obtain an active US CPA license within approved timeframe as defined by firm licensing requirement guidelines
Software:
• Experience in the use of various assurance applications and research tools as is appropriate for this level
• Microsoft Office Products, including Windows, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Compensation Information: Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.