Assurance Senior, Global Statutory Audits

Job Summary:

This position supports an exciting and growing business line with our BDO Assurance practice that helps clients with their statutory audit compliance throughout the world. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with assurance experience who want to develop or further build a global mindset and professional international exposure. This role can be performed remotely and has the potential for travel. The team focuses on delivering international statutory audits for large, complex organizations, who operate cross-border and often have a shared service center model, thereby also making this a great role in which to improve project management, communication, and people skills.

This role is responsible for leading the audit execution in a senior auditor capacity, working directly with client personnel under manager supervision.

Job Duties:

• Assists in the planning, execution, and finalization of all areas of the audit assignment, for manager or partner review, seeking input for areas of concern and judgement
• Takes primary responsibility for monitoring progress against budget, and when the actual differs from the budget then gain a full understanding for the Manager
• Identifies risk matters and raises with a manager and/or partner, while exercising judgement within agreed parameters.
• Actively engages with senior client staff, to gain a good understanding of their business and ensure the efficient execution of the audit
• Uses project management skills to manage the global engagement and gains experience of systems and controls testing
• Ensures compliance with internal (audit methodology and risk management) and external (regulatory) requirements, included but not limited understanding, applying, documenting, and communicating generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), professional standards, and BDO standards that guide effective and efficient delivery of quality services and products.
• Applies a broad understanding of objectives and components of the overall control environment and organization, and supervisory controls:
  
  
  
  • Validates and assesses effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting
  • Identifies and communicates to management and audit committee suggestions to improve client internal controls and accounting procedures
  • Identifies and delegates functions of the audit to the auditor in charge as deemed appropriate work
  • Provides on-the-job-training to the engagement staff during audit field work
  
  
• Travel, as needed
• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Provides verbal and written performance feedback to Assurance Associates (3-7 Assurance Associates depending on size of engagement)
• Supervises the work assignments of Assurance Associates within assigned engagement team
• Coaches and develops staff within teams, on client premises and in the office

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, required

Experience:

• More than one (1) year of experience supervising and coaching junior members of staff on site, required
• More than two (2) years of experience testing systems and controls, required
• More than one (1) year of project management, required
• Prior experience applying a working knowledge of International GAAS, IFRS, and Financial Reporting requirements, preferred
• Prior experience applying a working knowledge of firm services, issues regarding advice, and regulation and compliance, preferred
• More than two (2) years of experience working on international engagements, preferred

License(s)/Certification(s):

• Completed or actively pursuing completion of CPA licensing, required

Software:

• More than two (2) years of experience in the use of various assurance applications and research tools as is appropriate for this level, required
• More than two (2) years of experience with Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. Excel, Word, PPT, Outlook, etc.), required

Language(s):

• Fluent in one or more language in addition to English, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrable knowledge of current economic and market trends, required
• Travel is required, when needed
• Solid understanding and experience planning and coordinating the stages to perform an audit of a basic public and/or private company, preferred
• Knowledge of internal accounting controls and professional standards and regulations (GAAP, GAAS, IFRS, IAS, etc.), preferred
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adapt style and messaging to effectively communicate with professionals at all levels both within the client organization and the firm, preferred
• Ability to successfully multi-task while working independently and within a group environment, preferred
• Superior analytical and diagnostic skills and ability to break down complex issues and implementing appropriate resolutions, preferred
• Ability to work in a demanding, deadline driven environment with a focus on details and accuracy, preferred
• Solid project management skills, preferred

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

California Range: $80,000 - $105,000
NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $90,000 - $125,000
Washington Range: $70,500 - $90,000