Senior Auditor:
**Nonprofit Experience Preferred**
Responsibilities:
- Serving as the in-charge Auditor for any type of engagement, with an emphasis on non-profit and for-profit entities, schools, and/or employee benefit plans.
- Serve as an Auditor for high-risk, time-consuming engagements beneath a Supervisor or higher.
- Serving as the primary client liaison for all in-charge engagements.
- Scheduling in-charge engagements in a punctual and orderly fashion.
- Managing lower-level staff members on essentially all engagements.
- Developing testing strategies during the planning phase of in-charge engagements and completing planning documentation according to firm standards, GAAS, and best practices.
- Ensuring effective planning meetings take place before the start of each engagement.
- Completing internal controls documentation, risk assessment, testing and random sample generation for internal and external audit engagements.
- Performing substantive external audit procedures in moderate and high-risk audit areas, generally account receivable, revenue, debt, net assets/equity, and other areas.
- Conducting end of audit exit conferences with management for all in-charge engagements prior to leaving the field.
- Handling the reporting phases of engagements, including completing reporting documentation according to firm standards, GAAS, and best practices.
- Preparing financial statements and other financial reports for essentially all engagements on which he/she serves.
- Preparing management letters for essentially all engagements on which he/she serves.
- Promptly replying to, and satisfactorily clearing, review notes on work performed, including those for financial statements, management letters, and other financial reports, as applicable.
- Communicating with clients with regards to financial statements, management letters, required communications letters, Board reports/presentations, and other financial reports for essentially all engagements on which he/she serves in an effort to have final reports issues within firm-standard timeframes.
- Preparing and/or reviewing nonprofit information returns (IRS Form 990 and New York State CHAR500).
Requirements:
- Masters in Accounting or 150 credit hours in accounting from an accredited college/university is required.
- 3-5 years of audit experience in public accounting, preferably with non-profit, school, and/or employee benefit plan clients.
- Eligible to sit for the CPA exam. CPA licensure is preferred.
- Applied working knowledge of US GAAP and GAAS. GAGAS experience is preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word is required.
- Familiarity with ProSystem fx Engagement is preferred.
Spartan Placements is an equal opportunity employer. All terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruitment, placement, title, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, training, education, research, administration and programming, will be administered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, handicap, or status as a disabled veteran.
