Senior Auditor

About the role

The Senior Auditor will join the Assurance team and support audits, reviews, compilations, and agreed-upon procedures engagements. This role is ideal for an active Colorado CPA who wants to strengthen their audit and assurance expertise, build meaningful client relationships, contribute to the growth of a local office, and develop toward future leadership opportunities.

Client and Engagement Responsibilities

• Work with engagement leaders to complete assigned audits, reviews, compilations, and agreed-upon procedures engagements.
• Serve as the in-charge on assigned engagements.
• Manage client communication and prepare engagement budgets.
• Cookordination engagement activities to support timely, accurate, and high-quality completion.
• Support engagements involving nonprofit organizations, closely held businesses, and clients across the organization’s industry portfolio.
• Identify challenging or unusual engagement matters and recommend alternative solutions to engagement leaders.
• Prepare financial statements and related supporting documentation.
• Conduct accounting, audit, tax, and technical research.
• Maintain consistent, professional communication with clients.
• Participate effectively in internal and external meetings.
• Manage assigned administrative and client-related responsibilities.
• Protect confidential client information in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies.
• Complete work efficiently and in accordance with professional and quality standards.
• Assist with special projects and other responsibilities as assigned.

Accounting and Bookkeeping Support

• Aid clients with monthly, quarterly, and annual bookkeeping.
• Post adjustments to working trial balances.
• Record and classify transactions in accounting journals.
• Total and reconcile accounting entries for designated reporting periods.
• Draft financial reports, including required footnote disclosures.
• Establish and maintain property and equipment schedules.
• Calculate depreciation and amortization.
• Prepare payroll tax, sales tax, and other applicable local tax returns.
• Establish books of account for new businesses when needed.

Professional and Business Development

• Work with a mentor and senior leadership to create and execute an individualized career-development plan.
• Participate in internal and external learning opportunities.
• Contribute to internal projects and firmwide initiatives.
• Represent the organization within the Colorado Springs business community.
• Participate in professional, civic, charitable, and industry organizations.
• Build relationships with clients, prospects, referral partners, and centers of influence.
• Identify opportunities to provide additional services to existing clients.
• Support the continued growth of the organization’s audit and assurance presence in Colorado Springs.
• Develop supervisory, leadership, client-management, and business-development skills.

Supervision and Leadership

• Train and develop interns and junior accounting professionals.
• Provide timely, constructive engagement feedback.
• Assist less-experienced team members with technical and client-service questions.
• Serve as a positive representative of the organization’s values and culture.