TITLE: Audit Manager

REPORTS TO: Senior Manager,
Principals & Shareholders

SUPERVISES: Senior Accountants, Staff Accountants, & Interns

General Summary of Position:

Responsible for managing client assignments and projects, and delivering a high-quality service. This includes coaching, advising, and supporting team members in meeting clients and self-development expectations. Manages direct field work on financial statement audits and accounting engagements, and monitors the progress of engagements in relation to budgets and due dates.

Managers are also responsible for client relationships within their area of expertise and for clients assigned to them.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Has a strong understanding of the firm structure, the people, the services they provide, and the firm's clients.
• Regular and reliable attendance which includes the necessary hours to meet client demands during various busy seasons.
• Plans, organizes, and controls multiple responsibilities and resources to meet assignment objectives.
• Provides team direction to ensure assignment quality standards are met.
• Possesses technical knowledge sufficient to supervise senior and staff accountants.
• Become Proficient in accounting and auditing research.
• Evaluate the performance of senior and staff accountants.
• Total chargeable hours goal of 1,650 hours.
• Begin acquiring skills necessary to develop quality relationships and loyalty.
• Develops a thorough knowledge and understanding of tools, systems, and processes (within their discipline) and can apply them.
• Able to anticipate problems/barriers and help develop plans to address them.
• Plan, coordinated and supervised the various phases of audit.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting.
• CPA certification is required.
• Five to eight years of progressive audit experience in public accounting or related fields.
• Public company and Sox 404 experience.

Qualifications/Skills Required:

• Can identify the key stakeholders in a decision-making process and develop working relationships.
• Possesses strong communication skills.
• Supervise audit and review procedures.
• Benefit plan experience I preferred.
• Document and test internal controls.