Audit Manager - SOX Compliance

Overview

This role involves managing the audit process from planning through completion for clients as part of the annual audit plan. The Audit Manager will supervise audit activities, review current processes, and recommend improvements to policies and procedures. Responsibilities include training, supporting, motivating, and reviewing the work of audit staff and senior team members.

Responsibilities

• Develop thorough knowledge of clients' businesses to understand engagement economics and provide frequent updates
• Communicate progress, issues, and resolutions to clients effectively
• Continuously enhance specialty area knowledge and educate the audit team on new practices and processes
• Manage billable hour budgets and investigate variances
• Lead multiple audit and accounting projects and client engagements simultaneously
• Delegate and oversee audit and accounting assignments to ensure accuracy and efficiency
• Research complex audit issues and recommend solutions with input from key stakeholders
• Create challenging development plans for team members and evaluate their progress
• Provide direction, coaching, and performance feedback to the audit team
• Generate new business through community involvement, networking, and professional events
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, managing them end-to-end
• Participate in recruiting new and experienced staff
• Contribute to performance management and assess readiness for promotion of staff and senior levels

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum of 5 years recent audit experience at a public accounting firm
• CPA certification required
• Proven success in developing new or expanded service opportunities with clients
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Effective analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Experience hiring, developing, and leading professional audit teams
• Experience with SOX compliance audits for financial institutions

Compensation & Benefits

• Generous paid time off and firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s
• Flexible work schedules
• Paid family leave benefits: 16 weeks maternity and adoption leave, 8 weeks parental leave, 4 weeks caregiver leave (eligibility applies)
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling
• One-on-one professional coaching
• Leadership and career development programs

Physical and Cognitive Requirements

• Regularly required to remain stationary, use hands repetitively for office equipment, and communicate verbally in person and by phone
• Must have specific vision abilities including close, distance, color, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Regularly required to use written and oral communication skills, read and interpret data and documents, observe and interpret situations
• Ability to work under deadlines with frequent interruptions
• Frequent interaction with internal and external customers

Location

Positions are available in multiple offices located in fast-growing cities across the United States.