Director of Accounting & Auditing

Director of Accounting & Auditing — Quality Control

Our client, an established CPA firm in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area, is seeking a Director of Accounting & Auditing (Quality Control) responsible for developing and maintaining the firm’s quality standards aligned with all applicable professional industry standards. This is a senior, high-visibility technical leadership role reporting to the partners.

• 10–15 years of experience in accounting/auditing
• Hands‑on experience with compilations, reviews, and audits
• Direct experience with peer reviews
• CPA
• Experience preparing corporate and partnership tax returns

• Create and implement quality review standards and procedures for audits, reviews, and compilations.
• Review financial statements prepared by the firm’s staff.
• Monitor staff adherence to firm quality‑review standards by reviewing all compilations, reviews, and audits prepared by staff.
• Monitor and evaluate newly issued standards and coordinate updates for staff, managers, and partners as needed.
• Provide relevant technical training to the firm’s accounting staff.
• Conduct the firm’s internal inspection process, including engagement reviews, working with staff to correct issues, and reporting findings to managers and partners.
• Act as the firm’s liaison for peer reviews.
• Provide recommendations for accounting and auditing software.
• Review staff CPE to ensure compliance.
• Manage a small team of junior and senior accountants.
• Assist accounting managers with workflow management.
• Maintain assigned client list through effective client communication and financial statement preparation.
• Ad hoc projects as they develop.
• Full‑time, on‑site in Thorofare, NJ.
• Summer hours: during the 12 weeks from Memorial Day through Labor Day, employees work a compressed 40‑hour week over 4 days, with the option to take either Friday or Monday off.