Senior Associate

About the role

General Function as the EIC on examinations under the supervision of a Director, as needed.

Responsibilities

• Work with supervisor to ensure that an early, proactive project plan is in place for areas assigned.
• Encourage team to consider/suggest ways to improve prior approach or documentation.
• Strive to perform tasks that add value.
• Review team's qualifications to ensure adequate staffing, communicate any concerns with supervisor.
• Manage assigned staff and assist supervisor with overall engagement.
• Work collaboratively with supervisor to manage the project to a successful completion from a quality and cost standpoint.
• Obtain a clear understanding of expectations and concerns of the DOI and the analysts.
• Work closely with supervisor to ensure the team has a clear understanding of such issues and is actively working to address the issues in a timely manner.
• Assist supervisor in managing deadlines, budgets, and Noble staff.
• Manage for no surprises.
• Proactively identify issues or potential issues and bring them to the attention of the supervisor.
• Provide supervisor with useful, actionable information throughout the examination with suggested solutions for problems identified.
• Proactively communicate with supervisor regarding the status of the area assigned.
• Conduct interviews as assigned.
• Be professional both on site and near the company.
• Be accessible and responsive.
• Work with supervisor to determine reasonable initial scopes, timelines, and budgets.
• Monitor budgets and schedules as requested.
• Proactively communicate with supervisor regarding potential issues that may impact budget.
• Try to foresee these types of occurrences and offer potential solutions.
• Prepare status reports for the DOI and Noble, as requested.
• In the role of an EIC, monitor project status and work with supervisor to ensure vacations, holidays, and work travel do not threaten deadlines.
• In the role of an EIC, strive for early identification of issues that impact time and expenses and work with supervisor to manage these issues.
• Work with supervisor on initial planning to ensure Noble team members understand the project and their responsibilities.
• In the capacity as an EIC, review information requests and all work papers.
• In the capacity as an EIC, ensure the project is in compliance with accreditation standards.
• Encourage and consider Staff ideas for potential improvements.
• Work with supervisor to make sure the approach to the engagement and work plan are appropriate.
• Identify areas in which subject matter expertise may be needed.
• Conduct weekly internal status meetings with team as appropriate to make sure progress is on track with budgets and deadlines.
• Assign engagement responsibilities to Staff as needed on an engagement based on instructions from supervisor.
• Communicate with supervisor and Staff regarding subject matter and potential client issues.
• As an EIC, coordinate activities with specialists (IS, ACL, Reinsurance, Investments, Actuarial) and ensure progress is on track.
• Look for opportunities to expand Noble's role on a project.
• As an EIC, foster relationships with DOI contacts, as appropriate.
• Participate in 360 reviews with Noble staff and project debriefing.
• Perform on the job training with Staff as appropriate.
• As an EIC, continue to expand responsibility of Staff and, thus, increase leverage (as appropriate).
• Be prepared for new engagements; research the client in advance, read relevant industry news and research relevant accounting issues.
• Increase industry knowledge and stay abreast of industry news and relevant accounting issues.
• Be prepared to hand off duties on the project to another team member.
• Communicate regularly and effectively throughout engagement.
• Provide conclusions in an understandable and useful way.
• Provide feedback that will allow our DOI contacts to be better informed as a result of the examination process.
• Work closely with supervisor to manage this process.