Audit Manager

Position Purpose

The Audit Manager is responsible for contributing to the achievement of the firm’s objectives, including:

Assisting with clients assigned to you
Supervising staff assigned to your projects
Assisting with office administration, including invoicing, quality control, and strategic planning
Assisting with staff coaching, mentoring, and training
Planning and scheduling audit projects

Position Reports To

Partners

Position Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of the Audit Manager are:

Engagement planning and scheduling
- Assigning adequate resources to projects
- Assisting all auditors with technical and procedural issues
- Managing budgets for his/her projects and communicating with the partner/biller when a project grows out of scope or is moving toward a budgetary or timing overage
- Supervising staff assigned to his/her projects to ensure that schedules, budgets, and quality requirements are met, including review of workpapers, financial statements, and tax returns
- Providing on-the-job training to staff
- Communicating the engagement status with the partner, the client, and his/her advisors on a timely and ongoing basis
Business Development
Technical Skills
- Attending Continuing Professional Education courses as agreed upon with your career advisor to stay up to date on current accounting pronouncements
Office Administration and Client Service
- Research
- Participating in staff training and mentoring
- Participating in the firm’s strategic planning process, including analysis of technology tools to support the audit process
- Developing and advocating “best practices” for the audit department
Preparation and/or review of financial statements

Skills and Education Required

The skills and education required for this position are:

CPA certificate and a bachelor’s degree in accounting, and an interest in working with small to medium-sized businesses
Minimum of 5 years of experience in auditing and managing people within a public accounting firm or equivalent experience
Good written and verbal communication skills
Good research skills
Excellent understanding, comprehension, and ability to articulate auditing and accounting concepts
Strong leadership, project management, and team building skills, and the ability to supervise others
Proficiency in Word, Excel, and other accounting software used at the firm

Measures of Success

The Audit Manager will be deemed to have been successful when he or she has:

Completed the engagements assigned to him/her within the expected budgets
Received positive feedback from his/her clients and engagement partners
Exhibited the actions and positive attitude in participation in the other aspects of firm growth
Begun development of his/her own referrals from satisfied clients and his/her contacts in the community
Participated more fully in other aspects of firm growth

If you are interested in the Audit Manager position at Machen McChesney, please submit your resume.