Singerlewak
Audit Senior Manager, Assurance & Advisory - U.S. State and Local Government Sector
Los Angeles, California · Senior
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About the role
- Senior Managers are responsible for managing multiple auditing and accounting projects and client engagements simultaneously, in addition to scheduling, staffing and coordinating engagement workflow.
- SingerLewak is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring.
Responsibilities
- Maintains contact with clients throughout the year
- building and maintaining good client relationships.
- Apprises the engagement Director or Partner of all important developments on the client account
- Oversees all phases when reporting to an engagement partner and ensures the client deliverable complies with both the applicable accounting framework and firm policy.
- Apprises the engagement Partner, if applicable, of all important developments on the client account
- identifies any potential issues on each engagement and implements solutions after partner consultation.
- responsible for investigating and explaining budget overruns to Director or Partner and proactively identifying scope expansion opportunities
- Maintains contact with clients throughout the year; possesses a thorough knowledge of the client and all facets of the client's operations and control systems; building and maintaining good client relationships.
- Apprises the engagement Director or Partner of all important developments on the client account; identifies any potential issues on each engagement and recommends solutions
- Apprises the engagement Partner, if applicable, of all important developments on the client account; identifies any potential issues on each engagement and implements solutions after partner consultation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field
- Demonstrated ability to bring in new business to a CPA Firm
- Possesses thorough knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States, (U.S. GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards
- Ability to direct, review and train departmental staff.
- Approximately 7 to 10 years of experience in public accounting and a minimum of 2 years in a manager position, with significant experience in the public sector, including auditing state and local governments (i.e., cities, counties, special districts, charter schools, etc.)
- Holds a current and valid CPA license.
- Ability to travel to assigned client locations.
- Significant experience conducting audits in accordance with General Accepted Governmental Auditing Standards (GAGAS/Yellow Book), Generally Accepted Audit Standards (GAAS) and the Uniform Guidance
- Maintains appropriate compliance with all Firm-wide policies and procedures.
- Exposure to conducting audits of not for profit organizations
- Working Conditions
- Hybrid working environment (work from home, Firm office or client location) as needed to service the clients appropriately and train staff
- Same day travel for work at clients' offices, meetings, and seminars, as needed
- Out-of-town travel with overnight stay for work at clients, meetings, or seminars
Skills
- SingerLewak is a Top 100 accounting and consulting firm primarily operating in the western region.
Compensation
- $180k-$195k
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