Senior External Auditor - Public Accounting

Job Description

Prado & Renteria CPAs is growing, and we're looking for a Senior Auditor who is ready to take ownership of audit engagements, build trusted client relationships, and mentor developing audit professionals.

Senior Auditor

As a Senior Auditor, you will lead a team of approximately 1-3 auditors and be responsible for key aspects of assigned audit and consulting engagements. You'll work directly with clients, participate in engagement planning and fieldwork, review audit work, identify and resolve issues, and communicate findings and recommendations to management.

What You'll Do

Audit/Attestation Engagements
- Planning

• Oversee audit planning, fieldwork, and audit reporting; prepare reports, and communicate findings and recommendations to line and senior management.
• Develop budgets and timelines for engagements.
• Understand and be able to distinguish and apply the standards applicable to the scope and type of engagement (i.e., GAAS, GAGAS, SSAE, UG ...).
• General planning workpaper documentation integrates the elements of planning required by the applicable standards (i.e., independence, continuing professional education, risk assessment, audit work programs, examination/AUP procedures).
• Efficiently and effectively apply the Risk Assessment methodology to engagements.
• As part of Risk Assessment, identify engagement risks, including risk of material misstatement whether due to fraud or error.

Audit/Attestation Engagements
- Fieldwork

• Review automated audit work papers prepared by the audit staff to ensure alignment with audit programs and compliance with the Firm’s methodology.
• Ensure that engagements are completed in compliance with the applicable standards.
• Communicate audit status to management on a regular basis.

Audit/Attestation Engagements
- Reporting

• Identify and include sufficient documentation to support conclusions regarding findings and exceptions.
• Coordinate with the team to review audit findings.
• Analyze and resolve audit issues in a timely fashion.
• Prepare reports with audit findings and recommendations.
• Discuss with management about audit observations, recommendations, and actions to be taken
• Prepare report drafts that result in minimal review comments from management.

Audit/Attestation Engagements – Concluding (PPA)

• Perform risk assessment procedures and conclude on the sufficiency of the engagement testing and documentation.
• Address and document responses to all review comments in a timely manner.
• Complete tasks within time frames by effectively planning & organizing own work effort.

Productivity

• Understand performance expectations and manage own and others’ work to meet those expectations.
• Aim to achieve an agreed utilization rate by communicating regularly with Managers on availability and assignment progress.

Technical Knowledge/Firm Systems

• Further build a depth of knowledge and understanding of tools, systems and processes (within discipline) and practical application (includes Advance Flow, PPC tools & other CPA firms’ systems such as Case Ware).
• Follow the firm’s systems and processes and apply them effectively (i.e., Intelli, Practice CS).

Client Service

• Visit clients on-site and be a point of contact for the client throughout the year.
• Manage day-to-day client relationships.
• Take responsibility for quality client service.

People Development and Teamwork

• Actively pursue learning and development opportunities in line with the competency model.
• Build strong rapport with Auditors/Accountants and guide and coach them in their learning.
• Share and transfer knowledge with team members and develop a network of resources within the firm to facilitate the sharing of information.
• Responsible for the daily supervision of audit staff and responsible for the development of audit staff and the completion of…