Audit Senior Associate - Cbiz

With over 120 offices and nearly 7,000 associates throughout the U.S. CBIZ (NYSE: CBZ) delivers top-level financial and employee business services to organizations of all sizes, as well as individual clients, by providing national-caliber expertise combined with highly personalized service delivered at the local level.  

CBIZ is honored to be the recipient of several national recognitions for 2023:    

• Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in the Nation 
• Top Workplaces USA 
• Top Workplaces – Financial Services Industry
• Best and Brightest Companies in Wellness 
• Great Place to Work Certification 

Together, CBIZ and CBIZ CPAs are ranked as one of the top providers of accounting services in the United States. CBIZ CPAs is an independent CPA firm that provides audit, review and attest services, while CBIZ provides business consulting, tax and financial services. In certain jurisdictions, CBIZ CPAs operates under its previous name, Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.

 CBIZ Somerset, formerly Somerset CPA’s & Advisors, is always looking for smart, ambitious, friendly people to join our offices located in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Michigan City! As an Audit Senior Associate at CBIZ Somerset, your impact goes beyond theory and compliance. You have the ability to make a difference and advance your career through demonstrated leadership, welcoming new challenges, and recognizing the potential in others.

Essential Functions and Primary Duties

The Audit Senior will be responsible for coordinating the day-to-day "in-charge" duties of planning, fieldwork and "wrap-up" to include the preparing of financial statements with disclosures, applying most areas of GAAP as necessary and documenting, validating, testing and assessing various control systems. This position is also responsible for acting as the client contact for basic questions and information and may be involved in reviews and agreed-upon procedure engagements.

• Complete all aspects of audit engagements for clients including status updates to engagement managers and adhere to all quality control standards as required
• Demonstrate understanding of the client’s business including analysis and planning of client engagements
• Adhere to engagement budget constraints and complete assigned tasks within the time requested, explain variances when needed
• Achieve charge hour goals
• Review associates’ auditing work: provide constructive review points
• May supervise Associate’s on engagements
• Train and mentor associate staff
• May be involved in the client billing process by assisting Managers or Directors
• Identify and begin to develop knowledge in selected specialty practice
• Leverage industry knowledge and business acumen blending cross serve opportunities into client engagements
• Participate in practice development activities such as: membership in qualified organizations capable of referring potential engagements
• Additional responsibilities as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of public accounting experience
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• CPA license, preferred
• Demonstrated technical abilities in select areas (audit, accounting, regulatory, compliance, etc.)
• Experience with audit planning, field work, and audit reporting; preparing reports, and communicating findings and recommendations to engagement managers
• Experience with both public and privately held companies, preferred
• Passion for maintaining/building client relationships, managing client expectations, while demonstrating knowledge of client businesses
• Experience managing multiple clients, budgets and production goals
• Ability to travel overnight

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 3 years of experience in related field
• Must be able to work in a team environment
• Presentation skills mandatory
• Must possess analytical skills
• Proficient use of applicable technology
• Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing within all levels of an organization, both internally and externally
• Must be able to travel based on client and business needs

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