Senior Auditor and Accountant

About the Organization

Fortner Bayens, PC is a premier accounting and advisory firm in Denver, Colorado. We are a unique firm in that our practice specializes in accounting, auditing, income tax, loan review, regulatory compliance, information security and consulting services for community banks throughout the central and western United States.

Denver Office

• Salary Range: $70,000 to $95,000 annually
• Bonuses:
  Annual, performance based, up to $5,000 sign-on bonus based on experience
• Paid Leave: PTO, holidays and select other weekend/holiday extender days
• Health and Dental Benefits:
  Yes
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k)
• Other Benefits:
  Group term life, long term care, professional dues and education

A Senior Auditor & Accountant ordinarily has a degree in accounting, and has some work experience in public or private accounting, or auditing. A Senior Auditor & Accountant may also have some experience with income taxes, but ordinarily should have a focus on accounting and auditing. A Senior Auditor & Accountant has achieved the competencies required for advancement from Staff Auditor & Accountant, and has developed a comprehensive understanding of client processes and procedures for accounting and operating areas of low to moderate complexity.

A Senior Auditor & Accountant can work independently on areas of low to moderate complexity, but will require supervision and training related to areas of higher complexity. A Senior Auditor & Accountant will also pro-actively assist Supervisors and others with basic elements of individual job planning, supervision and wrap-up.

A CPA license is encouraged but not required. Ordinarily, non-CPAs should be actively pursuing their CPA license.

Accounting and Auditing

• Reviewing or preparing reconciliations of general ledger accounts to subsidiary ledgers, and resolving discrepancies.
• Testing the accuracy of account reconciliations by tracing reconciliation balances and reconciling items to supporting documentation, and by resolving discrepancies.
• Performing tests to validate input to client systems.
• Performing tests to validate calculations made by client systems.
• Performing tests of the effectiveness of client internal controls.
• Preparing analytics of client data.
• Preparing analyses of the appropriateness of clients’ significant accounting estimates (e.g., foreclosed real estate valuations, complex accrued expenses).
• Documenting engagement findings, and developing recommendations for clients to address the findings; presenting findings and recommendations to clients.
• Preparing basic reports (e.g., Directors Exam, PDPA, internal audit).
• Preparing basic financial statements and related footnotes.
• Assisting with special projects (e.g., depreciation calculations, certain regulatory reporting and holding company compilations).

Income Tax

• Preparing basic corporate income tax and deferred income tax calculations.
• Preparing C corporation and S Corporation income tax returns.

Administration

• Preparing engagement correspondence.
• Assisting in the preparation of various engagement planning materials (e.g., risk analyses, work programs).
• Assisting in the determination of work timetables.
• Prepping engagement binders and work papers.
• Directing Staff Accountants and instructing them in work to be performed.
• Reviewing the work of Staff Accountants, directing necessary changes in work and providing general feedback.
• Completing engagement binders and work papers (for submission for final supervisory review).
• Assisting with recruiting efforts.
• Preparing and presenting in-house training sessions.
• Mentoring staff accountants.

The following competencies must be consistently demonstrated before promotion to Audit Supervisor is considered:

Technical

• The ability to complete work accurately and within established time frames.
• The ability to complete work with limited oversight.
• The ability to timely and effectively communicate engagement issues, concerns and findings to supervisory personnel and others on the engagement team.
• The ability to evaluate the results of work, identify engagement risks related to the work…