Audit Senior

The Audit Senior reports to the Audit Manager, Senior Manager, Principal and/or Director and is responsible for organizing and managing client engagements and projects including the completion of engagement tasks and project components.
 

Responsibilities:
 

• Project manages one or more client engagement simultaneously, ensuring the overall success of each project.
   
• Acquires strong working knowledge of client’s business.
   
• Builds strong working relationships with clients to gather information and resolve problems.
   
• Effectively documents work.
   
• Identifies, communicates and solves engagement and technical issues as well as communicating engagement progress in a timely and organized manner.
   
• Supervises, trains and mentors audit staff at all levels.
   
• Works as an effective team member to successfully complete engagements, including:
  
  
  • Preparing financial statements, footnote disclosures and management letter comments.
     
  • Assisting with engagement administration including developing/tailoring audit programs, budgets and engagement letters.
     
  • Establishing work schedules using effective project management techniques.
     
  • Researching and analyzing financial statement and audit related issues.
     
  • Reviewing all workpapers in the engagement file.

Required skills

• Strong project management, organization skills and attention to detail.
   
• Strong analytical, technical and research skills.
   
• Ability to balance multiple priorities and complete assignments within time constraints and deadlines.
   
• Strong verbal and communication skills.
   
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing client and business dynamics with recommended solutions.
   

Required qualities – the PKF way

• Be a proactive and strategic solution provider.
   
• Be respectful of the schedule.
   
• Be dedicated to completing all engagements you are assigned to.
   
• Be a relationship builder.
   
• Be a collaborative team player.
   
• Be trustworthy.

Required education and experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting.
   
• CPA certification or active license (or actively working to obtain certification).
   
• 3-6 years audit experience in a public accounting firm.
   
• Thorough understanding of GAAP, generally accepted auditing standards, internal controls and complex audit procedures and techniques.
   
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software programs and Caseware (or equivalent software).