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Professional Practice Director - Senior Director
Job Description
A Professional Practice Director (PPD), a part of the firm’s Audit Quality & Risk group, functions as the first point of contact in Grant Thornton’s risk management function. In this role, a PPD has direct interaction with our service line professionals and client personnel, resolving difficult technical and other practice issues.
Your day to day may include:
- Monitoring of in-process audit engagements, including reading financial statements and workpapers on behalf of the National office
- Consulting on technical accounting and SEC compliance matters
- Acting as a resource for audit standards and related methodology questions
- Maintaining active communication with engagement teams and clients to manage expectations, ensure satisfaction, and lead change efforts effectively
- Liaising between audit engagement teams and other firm professional practice resources
- Monitoring staffing and engagement turnover to facilitate quality execution
- Supporting engagement teams through internal and external inspections
- Presenting internal and external training sessions on relevant subject matter areas
- Teaming with partners and senior managers on proposals and business development calls, while understanding and managing firm risk on such proposals
- Managing, developing, training, and mentoring staff on projects and assess performance for periodic reviews
- Representing Grant Thornton at recruiting and professional networking events
- Adhering to the highest degree of professional standards and strict client confidentiality
- Other duties as assigned
You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting
- Minimum of fifteen years of progressive audit experience (including experience working on audits of public companies, including related quality inspections), in a medium to large public accounting firm or equivalent, global network firm experience a plus
- Active CPA license (required)
- Excellent analytical and technical skills including proficiency in US GAAP, GAAS, SEC reporting, and PCAOB rules and standards
- Strong organizational skills, able to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities
- Value teamwork, are agile and know the power of building strong relationships
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Can travel as needed (Travel expectation: 25%)