Audit Senior Associate - Nonprofit

About the role

At GHJ, we focus on helping forward-thinking, entrepreneurial organizations with assurance and advisory services designed to help companies with compliance, reporting and strategic planning. We provide our clients with the added bonus of having access to industry resources and benchmarking that highlight emerging trends and inspire thoughtful discussions amongst peers and industry leaders through our events, blogs and publications. Our team prides itself on its ability to understand the strategic vision of our clients and work toward common goals while maintaining the proper level of independence.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for:
• Audit Senior Associates perform most work assigned with a minimum of assistance. They often lead one or more associates, instruct them on work to be performed, review the work done, and direct necessary revisions.
• Senior Associates are required to make decisions on all but the most unusual accounting and auditing matters.
• Performs diversified accounting and auditing assignments under the direction of supervisor, manager, senior manager, principal, or partner.
• Demonstrates competency in technical skills, work quality, and application of professional and firm standards.
• Mets time constraints and client deadlines.
• Participates in planning and scheduling client engagements.
• Directs and instructs assistants, seniors, staff, and interns, where applicable, in work to be performed and working paper review.
• Determines the extent of test-checking required in an audit and selects the transactions to be tested.
• Prepares and indexes working papers; performs various procedures established under generally accepted accounting principles and generally accepted auditing standards to verify accuracy and validity of client's financial matters.
• Prepares routine correspondence to client for approval and signature of a partner; writes comments for management letters.
• Performs the broadest range of accountant tasks so that direct participation of supervisors, managers, or partners is kept to a minimum.
• In-charge of audits, reviews, or compilations; responsible for all stages of the engagement—planning, fieldwork and wrap-up.
• Prepares financial statements and apply areas of GAAP.
• Makes suggestions to improve client processes and accounting procedures.
• Responsible for training and supervising Associates.
• Prepares staff evaluation reports for the review and approval of manager and partner.
• Document, validate, develop tests and assess various control systems.
• Although client assignments will be diversified, the majority of the engagements will be with organizations in the nonprofit niche, including single audits and compliance testing.
• Prior experience with compliance audits and governmentally funded nonprofit organizations preferred.

Requirements

What we need from you:

• Excellent written and oral skills.
• Proficiency in use of computers and computer accounting software programs.
• Experience in waste and recycling is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or related equivalent.
• Either hold a current and valid CPA license or working towards obtaining the license.
• At least three (3) years’ experience in public accounting, demonstrating a progression in complexity of auditing and accounting tasks.

Skills & Experience

• Seven decades, overriding focus: our people and our clients.

Benefits

At GHJ, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $81,000 - $90,500.

Pay

GHJ complies with all local/state regulations in regards to displaying salary ranges. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. Any offered salary is determined based on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data, ranges, applicant's skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications (e.g. JD, technology), for example.

Schedule

We offer a flexible work environment with the option of anytime/anywhere work.

Benefits

Our firm is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CAN).

Equal Employment Opportunity

GHJ is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis, including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. Our commitment to equal opportunity employment applies to all persons involved in our operations and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee, including Department Heads and co-workers. We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.