Audit Senior - Government​/Non-Profit

Overview

If you are looking for a highly respected firm that has deep roots within the community, builds strong relationships with their clients and is awarded best in their community for multiple years, then Rushton is the place for you. Rushton is one of Northeast Georgia’s largest and most respected accounting firms in the region for over 40 years and is seeking an Audit Associate professional in our growing Government Audit Division.

The selected individual will be provided an opportunity to help our clients grow their businesses while working with a team of professionals who share the same goals. You will work in a professional environment with state-of-the-art business development tools and be provided training that will allow you to continually grow your career. Within our fully renovated building, our teams are highly trained, educated and closely work with our clients to know their businesses well.

Our professionals encounter new assignments that provide opportunities to learn, grow and understand how businesses operate.

• Coordinate, organize and schedule engagements to ensure all deadlines are met
• Communicate and engage with clients to ensure their best interests are achieved
• Assume responsibility for routine and non-routine engagements, including planning, technical issues and other decisions
• Maintain and research accounting knowledge to provide solutions to problems
• Provide timely feedback on each engagement to ensure staff learning and development
• Facilitate and participate in in-house Continuing Professional Development, training, and team-building activities
• Assist in special projects as assigned by Partners
• Demonstrate and acquire professional and subject matter expertise
• Act as a mentor for Audit Associates and staff

• Develop professionally by promoting the firm, increasing firm profitability, training, and developing staff
• Provide technical expertise recognized both in and outside the firm
• Take the initiative to participate, seek and positively influence productivity
• Motivate others, helping them to understand and visualize professional/personal goals
• Display respect and fairness while managing others, bringing conflict into the open to enhance the quality of decisions and team effectiveness
• Demonstrate integrity, ethical decision-making and behaviors that build trust across teams and with clients
• Create an environment that encourages teamwork, innovation, inclusion and challenges traditional approaches

• Bachelor's degree in a business concentration, preferably in Accounting
• Valid CPA or EA or working towards
• Minimum of 2-5 years experience in public audit accounting
• Recent public accounting experience preferred
• Superior oral/written communication skills
• Up-to-date computer skills
• Well-developed decision-making skills and initiative to act upon those decisions
• Capability to work calmly and effectively under pressure while prioritizing heavy workloads
• Ability to work closely with clients to answer questions or to collect necessary information for audit service requirements
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems creatively
• Candidate must be local
• Willingness to travel:
  In-office 40-50%;
  Daily travel 30%; 10-20% overnight travel.

We are proud to offer our employees a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, including 401(K), 401(K) matching, Health, Dental, Vision, Disability, Life, Unlimited PTO, personal financial planning services from our in-house financial planner. In search of obtaining your CPA license? - Look no further - we have a program you do not want to miss out on!

Rushton is in Gainesville, Georgia just 45 minutes north of downtown Atlanta. Celebrating over 42 years of business, the firm is one of Northeast Georgia's largest and most respected accounting firms representing clients throughout the region. With a staff of more than 75 professionals, Rushton has broad expertise ranging from standard tax planning and preparation to sophisticated management advisory services and consulting.

We are proud winners of Best of Hall for the past FIVE years, Top 500 Firms in 2022,…