Senior Compliance Auditor (CPA)

About the role

The CTAPP Senior Accountant plays an important role in the CTAPP team. This position involves conducting and reviewing agreed-upon procedures engagements and investigative audits of attorneys' trust accounting practices to ensure compliance with applicable laws, including the Rules of Professional Conduct. The Senior Accountant performs procedures, analyzes and prepares documents of PBC records, writes specific and detailed descriptions of findings based upon their observations, recommends conclusions and recommendations based upon observations, and communicates with licensees to educate and recommends corrective actions. Additionally, this role requires review of external accountants’ engagements, emphasizes effective communication and knowledge of accounting practices, auditing standards, and investigative methodologies. This role also serves as reviewer of CTAPP Accountants’ work, including evaluation of proposed conclusions and recommendations of compliance review findings, as well as overall outcome determination of the compliance review.

Responsibilities

• Conducts and reviews agreed-upon procedures engagements and investigative audits of attorneys' trust accounting practices to ensure compliance with applicable laws, including the Rules of Professional Conduct.
• Performs procedures, analyzes and prepares documents of PBC records, writes specific and detailed descriptions of findings based upon their observations.
• Recommends conclusions and recommendations based upon observations.
• Communicates with licensees to educate and recommends corrective actions.
• Reviews, analyzes, and approves recommended outcomes for the compliance reviews and investigative audits conducted by CTAPP Accountants.
• Coordinates with external accountants and communicates with licensees.

Requirements

• Has experience and is technically proficient in performing attestation engagements.
• Serves as a reviewer of other team members’ work.
• Communicates clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Efficiently manages their time and proactively communicates with team members.
• Exercises sound judgment in discerning important versus unimportant details.
• Enjoys and is skilled in educating others about accounting and compliance standards and practices.
• Is flexible and creative in solving emerging issues.
• Can see both the big picture and the detail support.

Qualifications

• Has a Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, or accounting is required; a master’s degree is preferable.
• Minimum four (4) years of experience conducting financial or compliance audits.
• Possession of an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) License issued by the California Board of Accountancy (CBA) under the California Department of Consumer Affairs or equivalent. CPA certification must be maintained throughout employment.
• Additional designation as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF), and/or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) preferred.

Skills

• Experience conducting financial or compliance audits.
• Technical proficiency in performing attestation engagements.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Sound judgment in discerning important versus unimportant details.
• Ability to educate others about accounting and compliance standards and practices.
• Flexibility and creativity in solving emerging issues.
• Ability to see both the big picture and the detail support.

Benefits

• Up to 4 days of remote work per week.

Pay

• $104,308 - $139,079 annually.

Schedule

• Exempt / Union Represented.