What are the responsibilities and job description for the Audit Manager position at Blue & Co., LLC?
Blue & Co., LLC is a dynamic and innovative regional accounting and advisory firm providing growth-committed entrepreneurial clients with accounting and consulting services across multiple industries.
We are currently seeking an Audit Manager to join our Carmel, IN office. The Audit Manager oversees audit engagements for a diverse portfolio of clients in accordance with professional standards. This role manages audit teams, ensures high-quality work, maintains strong client relationships, and contributes to firm growth through staff development and business development activities. At Blue, our professionals embody more than just technical skills—they bring passion, creativity, and a commitment to building lasting relationships that drive meaningful impact.
Position Details:
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We are currently seeking an Audit Manager to join our Carmel, IN office. The Audit Manager oversees audit engagements for a diverse portfolio of clients in accordance with professional standards. This role manages audit teams, ensures high-quality work, maintains strong client relationships, and contributes to firm growth through staff development and business development activities. At Blue, our professionals embody more than just technical skills—they bring passion, creativity, and a commitment to building lasting relationships that drive meaningful impact.
Position Details:
- Listen carefully to clients. Our clients consider us their trusted advisors. They have problems to solve and come to us for help. Understand their needs and seek to understand the root of their issues.
- Build relationships with clients. Talk to clients and get to know them. We value words as much as we value numbers, and it is through engaged conversations you will come to learn what is important to a client. We are looking for individuals willing to engage in conversation beyond audit matters.
- Find solutions. You are the client’s advisor and as such you own the matter you are working on. Sometimes you will have the answer. Sometimes you will have to research it. Other times you will need to seek guidance from other people in the firm. Your role is to make sure the client has the answer they need.
- Continually learn and become a subject matter expert in your area(s) of interest.
- Plan, schedule and lead all aspects of assurance engagements. Monitor and review work paper preparation.
- Collect and analyze data to detect deficient controls, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies
- Provide risk assessments and recommend controls; prepare financial statements, management letters, and detailed reports on audit findings.
- Build and expand relationships with clients and community contacts to contribute to the overall marketing efforts of the firm.
- Staff development: foster teamwork, innovative thinking, and share knowledge.
- Take active leadership role in presentations to audit committees or board of directors.
- CPA required
- 5 years of audit experience with a public accounting firm.
- Technical focus on small to mid-size companies, non-for-profit organizations and/or governmental entities.
- Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Proven history of coaching others to success.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills; demonstrate a high level of technical competence.
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office products / applications.
- Ability to travel locally and occasional overnight travel (averages no more than four weeks per year).
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