**Description**

Ranked among the largest accounting and consulting firms in the country, **Cherry Bekaert** delivers innovative and sophisticated advisory, assurance and tax services to our clients. At Cherry Bekaert we create shared success through teamwork, energy, and expertise. We approach todays toughest business challenges with a client-first mindset, working together to create exceptional value. We are all committed to making a difference for our people, our clients, our community, and our professions. We believe in and promote an environment where our people are excited and engaged to contribute their best. Cherry Bekaert strives to reflect a culture of inclusiveness, agility, flexibility and career and professional development by involving all our people and their unique, individual perspectives in our business. We want all of our employees to feel a sense of belonging by welcoming and appreciating the uniqueness that each individual brings to the firm. If you are ready to find your space and create your future, you belong with us!

As a result of continued growth within our **Government & Public Sector Advisory** practice, we are seeking a **Senior Associate** to join our **Accounting Advisory** team. In this role, you will help clients protect and enhance the value of their organizations by leveraging their system of internal controls to enable growth, manage risk, and define sustainable operations.

**As a Senior Associate, you will:**

Participate in the delivery of governmental accounting advisory engagements under the supervision of a project manager, to including participating in discussions with clients and assisting with drafting deliverables. A significant portion of the work performed centers in and around solving a governments accounting and financial reporting challenges from implementation of new standards or staffing or event-driving needs at the state or local government. Examples of projects you can expect to support will include:

Implementation of new accounting standards, including GASB 87 and GASB 96

Bank account and other subsidiary ledger reconciliation

Complex financial statement close processes

Drafting and reviewing Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFRs)

Cash to modified accrual or full accrual conversions

Large data set manipulation and problem solving

Internal control and best practice evaluation

Validation of information between multiple sources of financial information

**What you need for this role:**

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting

Minimum 1 year of relevant experience within a public accounting firm or public sector environment performing external audit, consulting, or in the accounting and finance function

Strong knowledge of governmental accounting standards (GASB)

Prior experience with audit, accounting, and/or consulting standards (GASB, AICPA, GAS including Yellow Book/Green Book)

Ability to navigate Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFRs)

Prior experience with internal controls including documentation and testing of controls

Strong organizational skills; enabling one to multi-task, adapt to dynamic environments, and meet project deadlines with a focus on details

Effective oral and written communication skills

Ability to utilize Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint

Ability to travel up to 15% as needed

**Preferred skills and experience:**

Licensed CPA

State & Local experience with implementation of GASB standards

Experience with GFOAs ACFR Special Review Process

Experience with financial statement close process or proposing adjustments or reclassifying journal entries

Ability to troubleshoot and solve account reconciliation issues

Prior experience coaching and developing less experienced associates

**What we offer you:**

Our shared values that foster inclusion and belonging including uncompromising integrity, collaboration, trust,?and mutual respect.

The opportunity to innovate and do work that motivates and engages you.

A collaborative environment focused on enabling you to further your career growth and continuous professional development.

Competitive compensation and a total rewards package that focuses on all aspects of your wellbeing.

Flexibility to do impactful work and the time to enjoy your life outside of work.

Opportunities to connect and learn from professionals from different backgrounds and with different cultures.

**About Cherry Bekaert**

Cherry Bekaert, ranked among the largest assurance, tax and advisory firms in the U.S., serves clients across industries in all 50 U.S. states and internationally. Cherry Bekaert is the brand name under which Cherry Bekaert LLP and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC, independently owned entities, provide professional services in an alternative practice structure in accordance with applicable professional standards. Cherry Bekaert LLP is a licensed CPA firm that provides attest services, and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC and its subsidiary entities provide business advisory and non-attest services spanning the areas of transaction advisory, risk and accounting advisory, digital solutions, cybersecurity, tax, benefits consulting, and wealth management. For more details, visit cbh.com/disclosure .

Cherry Bekaert cares about our people. We offer competitive compensation packages based on performance that recognize the value our people bring to our clients and our Firm. The salary range for this position is $74,385 to $124,400 . Individual salaries within this range are determined by a variety of factors including but not limited to the role, function and associated responsibilities, a candidates work experience, education, knowledge, skills, and geographic location. In addition, we offer a comprehensive, high-quality benefits program (https://careers.cbh.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/02/Benefits-Snapshot_February-2021.pdf) which includes annual bonus, medical, dental, and vision care; disability and life insurance; generous Paid Time Off; retirement plans; Paid Care Leave; and other programs that are dedicated to enhancing your personal and work life and providing you and your family with a measure of financial protection.

Cherry Bekaert provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

This role is expected to accept applications for at least 5 calendar days.

Candidates must demonstrate eligibility to work in the U.S. Cherry Bekaert will not provide work sponsorship for this position.

Cherry Bekaert LLP and Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC are members of Allinial Global, an accountancy and business advisory global association. Visit us at cbh.com/careers and follow us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/cherrybekaert/) , Glassdoor (https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Cherry-Bekaert-EI_IE31120.11,25.htm) , Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cherrybekaert) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/cherrybekaert) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CherryBekaertCB) .

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