Assurance Senior

Assurance Senior

Assurance Senior will coordinate the day-to-day "in-charge" duties of planning, fieldwork, and wrap-up, including the preparation of financial statements with disclosures, application of GAAP, and documentation, validation, testing, and assessment of various control systems. The role also serves as client contact for basic questions and may be involved in reviews and agreed‑upon procedure engagements.

• Control Environment
  • Apply knowledge of transactional flow and key transactional cycles to complete audit work.
  • Document, validate, and assess the design and operating effectiveness of the client’s internal control system.
  • Identify and communicate suggested improvements to client internal controls and accounting procedures.
  • Supervise and review the work of audit staff.
• GAAP
  • Apply knowledge of governing principles and document the application of GAAP to client transactions.
  • Communicate financial statement disclosure requirements to clients.
  • Draft complex sets of financial statements with disclosures.
  • Recognize and apply new pronouncements to client situations.
  • Identify, analyze, and discuss alternative GAAP with the Manager, Senior Manager, engagement partner, and client as needed.
  • Identify complex accounting issues and bring them to the attention of superiors.
  • Coach less experienced team members in new areas.
• SEC And PCAOB
  • Apply knowledge of SEC regulations and PCAOB guidelines.
  • Read and review client SEC filings, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
  • Ensure all financial information is documented in work papers and through appropriate testing.
  • Prepare required communications to the Client and the Audit Committee.
  • Plan and execute Section 404 internal control audits, including obtaining an understanding of the control environment, designing test plans, evaluating deficiencies, and assessing the overall financial reporting control environment.
• Gaas
  • Apply professional standards and document the application of GAAS on engagements.
  • Formulate and communicate the audit plan.
  • Apply GAAS to a variety of complex issues and consult with others as appropriate.
  • Employ audit skepticism and determine when to reduce or expand testing.
  • Utilize BDO audit manuals as appropriate for the situation.
  • Document deviations from BDO policy with approval.
• Methodology
  • Apply BDO standards to guide effective and efficient delivery of quality services.
  • Coordinate the day-to-day conduct of the audit plan, ensuring fieldwork is executed and completed as planned, within timetable and budget, in accordance with firm policies and procedures.
  • Apply BDO audit approach and methodologies, including tools and technology.
  • Identify and propose outcomes for critical issues.
• Research
  • Seek information from authoritative sources and draw conclusions regarding target issues.
  • Utilize internal and external research tools and select methodology for routine research requests.
  • Research complex areas of accounting, form an initial opinion on the correct treatment independently, and document impact on client and audit engagement.
  • Document and organize findings in a usable format.
  • Assist the engagement manager in gathering appropriate information about the business and information system.
  • Develop the draft Audit Engagement Planning Memorandum, audit programs, and budgets.
  • Collaborate with the engagement manager to establish responsibilities of individual audit staff for specific areas of audit work.
• Supervisory Responsibilities
  • Provide verbal and written performance feedback to Audit Associates.
  • Supervise the work assignments of Audit Associates within the assigned engagement team.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Statistics, required, OR Bachelor’s degree in another focus area and CPA certification, required.
• Master’s degree in Accountancy, preferred.

• Two (2) or more years of prior relevant audit experience and/or public accounting, private industry accounting or consulting/professional services experience, required.
• Prior basic supervisory experience, preferred.

• Eligible to sit for the CPA exams upon starting employment, required and actively pursuing completion of the exams,…