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Assurance Experienced Senior

BDO USA · Pittsburgh, PA · 2 wk ago
HybridAccounting$95k–$135k/yrFull-time

About the role

The Assurance Experienced Senior will be responsible for coordinating the day-to-day "in-charge" duties of planning, fieldwork, and "wrap-up" to include the preparing of financial statements with disclosures, applying most areas of GAAP as necessary and documenting, validating, testing, and assessing various control systems. This position is also responsible for acting as the client contact for basic questions and information and may be involved in reviews and agreed-upon procedure engagements.

Responsibilities

  • Applies knowledge and understanding of the collective effect of various factors on establishing or enhancing effectiveness, or mitigating the risks, of specific policies and procedures.
  • As Auditor in charge is responsible to the engagement manager for the day-to-day conduct of the audit work and in particular for ensuring that the field work is executed and completed as planned, in accordance with timetable, with Firm’s policies and procedures and to budget.
  • Documents, validates, and assesses effectiveness of internal control system.
  • Determines and communicates improvements to client internal controls and accounting procedures.
  • Supervise the work of audit staff and review workpapers and conclusions and explaining any shortcomings to them.

Requirements

  • Applies knowledge and understanding of governing principles; applying these principles to client transactions; and documenting and communicating an understanding and application of these principles.
  • Understands and effectively communicates financial statement disclosure requirements to clients.
  • Identifies and applies new pronouncements to client situations.
  • Identifies, analyzes, and discusses alternative generally accepted accounting principles for the client, when necessary, with the Manager, Senior Manager and engagement partner.
  • Identifies complex accounting issues and brings them to the attention of superiors for resolution.
  • Applies knowledge and understanding of SEC regulations and PCAOB guidelines, and documents and communicates the application of these principles.
  • Reads and reviews clients’ SEC filings, ensuring accuracy and completeness, and also ensuring all financial information is supported in the workpapers and appropriately tested.
  • Prepares required communications to the Client and the Audit Committee.
  • Plans and executes Section 404 internal control audit including obtaining an understanding of the control environment, designing test plans, evaluating deficiencies, and assessing the overall financial reporting control environment.
  • Applies knowledge and understanding of professional standards; application of the principles contained in professional standards; and the ability to document and communicate an understanding and application of professional standards on an engagement.
  • Formulates and communicates the audit plan.
  • Applies GAAS to a variety of complex issues and consults others as appropriate.
  • Uses audit skepticism and determines when to reduce or expand testing.
  • Documents deviations from BDO policy with approval.
  • Looks for opportunities to suggest improvement to company’s internal controls and prepare draft communication required by professional standards.
  • Applies knowledge and application of BDO standards that guide effective and efficient delivery of quality services and products.
  • Applies BDO audit approach and methodologies, including tools and technology, to execute the audit with quality, efficiency, and completeness despite pressures of deadlines.
  • Identifies and proposes outcomes to critical issues.
  • Applies methodology used to seek or maintain information from authoritative sources and to draw conclusions regarding a target issue based on that information.
  • Documents and organizes complicated findings in a usable format, based on information obtained from Accounting Research Manager, BDO Assurance Manual, Yahoo Finance, etc.
  • Affords assistance to the engagement manager with gathering sufficient appropriate information about the business and information system, including the accounting system, to form an adequate basis for the preparation of the audit strategy.
  • Coordinates timing of planning, fieldwork, and review with audit team and client and assists engagement executives in developing the audit engagement budget and identifies appropriate resources.
  • Develops the draft Audit Engagement Planning Memorandum, audit programs and budgets.
  • Establishes with the engagement manager the responsibilities of individual audit staff for specific areas of audit work.
  • Maintains and reports engagement budget to actual and advises engagement executives of possible overruns.
  • Supervises a team of audit professionals ranging in size from 1 to 5.
  • Provides verbal and written performance feedback to associates.
  • Teaches/coaches associates to provide on the job learning.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Statistics, required OR Bachelor’s degree in other focus area and CPA certification, required.
  • Master’s degree in Accountancy, preferred.
  • Three (3) 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, required.
  • CPA, preferred.
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, preferred.
  • Experience with assurance applications and research tools, preferred.
  • Possesses proven solid verbal and written communication skills.
  • Possesses people development and delegation skills.
  • Possesses executive presence - needs to be able to be primary contact for the client.
  • Ability to "in-charge" all stages of the audit, including planning, fieldwork, and "wrap-up."
  • Ability to perform the completion of an audit of a complex company.
  • Ability to prepare and/or review financial statements with disclosures in accordance with GAAP requirements.

Skills

  • Knowledge and understanding of governing principles;
  • Application of the principles contained in professional standards;
  • Understanding and effective communication of financial statement disclosure requirements;
  • Identification and application of new pronouncements;
  • Identification, analysis, and discussion of alternative generally accepted accounting principles;
  • Understanding and effective communication of SEC regulations and PCAOB guidelines;
  • Reading and reviewing clients' SEC filings;
  • Preparation of required communications;
  • Planning and execution of Section 404 internal control audit;
  • Application of knowledge and understanding of professional standards;
  • Formulation and communication of the audit plan;
  • Application of GAAS to a variety of complex issues;
  • Use of audit skepticism;
  • Documentation and organization of complicated findings;
  • Application of methodology used to seek or maintain information;
  • Application of knowledge and application of BDO standards;
  • Application of BDO audit approach and methodologies;
  • Identification and proposal of outcomes to critical issues;
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  • Application of BDO audit approach and methodologies;
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