Audit Manager

AUDIT MANAGER
AUBURN, AL

The Audit Manager is responsible for contributing to the achievement of the firm’s objectives, including:

• Assisting with clients assigned to you
• Supervising staff assigned to your projects
• Assisting with office administration, including invoicing, quality control, and strategic planning
• Assisting with staff coaching, mentoring, and training
• Planning and scheduling audit projects

• Engagement planning and scheduling
  • Assigning adequate resources to projects
  • Assisting all auditors with technical and procedural issues
  • Managing budgets for his/her projects and communicating with the partner/biller when a project grows out of scope or is moving toward a budgetary or timing overage
  • Supervising staff assigned to his/her projects to ensure that schedules, budgets, and quality requirements are met, including review of work papers, financial statements, and tax returns
  • Providing on-the-job training to staff
  • Communicating the engagement status with the partner, the client, and his/her advisors on a timely and ongoing basis
• Business Development
• Technical Skills
  • Attending Continuing Professional Education courses as agreed upon with your career advisor to stay up to date on current accounting pronouncements
• Office Administration and Client Service
  • Research
  • Participating in staff training and mentoring
  • Participating in the firm’s strategic planning process, including analysis of technology tools to support the audit process
  • Developing and advocating “best practices” for the audit department
• Preparation and/or review of financial statements

• CPA certificate & a Bachelor’s degree in accounting, and an interest in working with small to medium-sized businesses
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in auditing and managing people within a public accounting firm or equivalent experience
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good research skills
• Excellent understanding, comprehension, and ability to articulate auditing and accounting concepts
• Strong leadership, project management, and team building skills, and the ability to supervise others
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and other accounting software used at the firm