Audit Senior Associate - Public Sector

About the role

Crowe is growing tremendously and seeking future leaders with a partner career path or growth opportunities. This role offers the chance to transition between different industry verticals within Audit & Assurance to align with your professional goals. We are looking for Audit Senior Associates with experience in the Public Sector to lead engagements, gain deep industry insight, and grow relationships.

About the Team

The Audit & Assurance team at Crowe provides traditional attestation services, accounting, and consulting on applying accounting principles. Professionals in this team demonstrate deep specialization through an understanding of market and business challenges clients face, with a strong dedication to audit quality. Audit & Assurance is one of Crowe’s largest practices.

Responsibilities

• Run client engagements from start to finish, including financial statement preparation, internal staffing, project scheduling, budgeting, planning, and administrative functions.
• Supervise, train, and mentor staff and interns on audit processes and assess their performance for engagement reviews.
• Maintain outstanding client relationships to increase customer satisfaction and work with client management and staff at all levels to perform audit services.
• Collaborate with your audit team to identify and resolve client issues discovered during the audit process.
• Research and analyze financial statements and audit issues using electronic databases and audit software to review and compile financial information.
• Engage with key client management to collect information, resolve audit-related problems, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of recent and relevant public accounting external audit experience, with a background in Governmental clients.
• Strong organizational, social, technical, and accounting/auditing skills to work efficiently with clients and staff while building positive relationships.
• Experience with engagement management, reviews, and staff supervision.
• Ability to multi-task, including planning, executing, and wrapping up multiple engagements concurrently.
• Research technical matters prior to manager review.
• Meet the education requirement for CPA certification in your aligned home office state; an active CPA license is preferred.
• Ability to work additional hours as needed and travel to various client sites.
• Uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship, acting ethically and with integrity at all times.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States. Crowe is not sponsoring work authorization at this time.

Pay

The wage range for this role is $70,600.00 - $139,800.00 per year, taking into account factors such as skill sets, experience, training, licensure, certifications, and business needs. The range has not been adjusted for geographic differentials.

Benefits

Crowe offers a comprehensive total rewards package, including exceptional people-focused experiences and support for well-being and career growth. Employees have access to a Career Coach to guide their professional goals and aspirations in an inclusive, diverse culture.