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Audit Supervisor

Position Purpose

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

  • Assist with clients assigned to you
  • Supervise staff assigned to your projects
  • Assist with staff coaching, mentoring, and training
  • Assist with planning and scheduling audit projects

Position Reports To

Managers and partners

Position Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of the Audit Supervisor are:

  • Engagement planning and scheduling
    • Assigning adequate resources to projects
    • 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
    • Provide on-the-job training to staff
    • Communicating the engagement status with the partner/manager, the client, and their advisors on a timely and ongoing basis
  • Technical Skills
    • Attending Continuing Professional Education courses as agreed upon with your career advisor to stay up to date on current accounting pronouncements and tax law.
  • Office Administration and Client Service
    • Research
    • Participating in staff training and mentoring
  • Preparation of business tax returns
  • Preparation 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 3 years of experience in auditing within a public accounting firm or equivalent experience
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Good research skills
  • Good understanding, comprehension, and ability to articulate auditing and accounting concepts
  • Strong leadership skills and the ability to supervise others
  • Proficiency in Word, Excel, and other accounting software used at the firm

Measures of Success

The Audit Supervisor 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, managers, and partners
  • Exhibited the actions and positive attitude in participation in the other aspects of firm growth
  • Begun development of their own referrals from satisfied clients and their contacts in the community

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

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