Senior Audit Associate - U.S. Accounting & Audit

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate the day-to-day execution of audit engagements from planning through completion.
• Develop an understanding of each client’s operations, risks, accounting policies, internal controls, significant estimates, and reporting requirements.
• Prepare and update audit planning documentation, risk assessments, materiality calculations, audit programs, and engagement timelines.
• Identify significant accounts, disclosures, assertions, fraud risks, and areas requiring heightened audit attention.
• Assign work to audit staff and provide clear instructions regarding the purpose, scope, timing, and documentation expectations for each audit area.
• Review staff workpapers for accuracy, completeness, technical sufficiency, cross-referencing, consistency, and support for the audit conclusions.
• Ensure that audit work addresses relevant assertions, including existence or occurrence, completeness, cutoff, classification, accuracy, valuation, and rights and obligations.
• Perform and supervise testing over complex audit areas and subsequent events.
• Evaluate whether audit conclusions are supported by the evidence inspected and whether contradictory or incomplete documentation requires additional procedures.
• Monitor outstanding client requests and follow up professionally to obtain documentation needed to complete the engagement.
• Prepare or review financial state