Senior Staff Auditor | San Rafael, CA

At Spin, recruitment is about more than filling roles; it’s about creating real human connections. We partner with leading U.S. companies to help them hire exceptional talent through a true direct-hire process, ensuring candidates join our clients’ teams directly while we support them throughout the journey. Join a well-established, full-service accounting firm with over three decades of experience serving individuals and businesses across a wide range of financial and business needs. Its services span assurance, tax, and consulting, including financial statement audits, reviews, and compilations, tax planning and preparation, IRS audit representation, estate and trust services, and business advisory work. The firm has been recognized multiple times as a top accounting practice in its region, a reflection of its long-standing reputation for professional, personalized client service.

About the role

We are hiring a Senior Staff Auditor to own audit, review, and compilation engagements end-to-end. This is not a support role: you run the engagement yourself from planning through financial statements, then it goes to the manager for review. No large engagement teams, no narrow specialization — full client ownership across a broad range of industries.

Responsibilities

• Lead audit, review, and compilation engagements independently from planning through issuance
• Own fieldwork, testing, documentation, and drafting of financial statements
• Serve as primary point of contact for your clients and manage correspondence end-to-end
• Work directly with the Audit Manager and three-person audit department during ramp-up
• Take on special assignments and ad hoc projects
• Manage time effectively across multiple engagements and deadlines

Requirements

• 5+ years of audit experience in public accounting (regional or small-firm background preferred for breadth of industry exposure)
• Active CPA license (or clear path to licensure)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and manage client relationships directly
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, and Outlook
• Authorization to work in the U.S. (this position does not offer visa sponsorship)

Nice to Have

• Nonprofit audit experience
• ProSystems

Benefits

• 3 weeks' vacation, plus 48 hours of paid sick time
• Health coverage at the Kaiser gold plan level (effective the first of the month after 30 days)
• 401(k): 3% safe harbor plus 2% profit sharing after one year
• Fridays off in July
• Major holidays off outside of tax season
• Commuter benefits, cell phone and internet reimbursement
• Continuing education paid; tuition reimbursement up to the annual threshold
• 10% commission on client business you bring to the firm

Pay

$115,000–$145,000 USD per year

Schedule

• Hybrid in San Rafael, CA: 3 days in office, 2 days from home (non-consecutive)
• Full-time, direct hire, immediately available
• Monday–Friday, 8 hours per day with flexible start times (staff start anywhere from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM)
• Busy season requires additional hours
• Minimal travel — nearly all work is performed in the office