BDO USA · 22 hours ago
Assurance Senior Associate, Non-Profit
McLean, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$78K/yr - $93K/yr
3+ years expBDO USA is a leading accounting and advisory organization, and they are seeking an Assurance Senior Associate for their Non-Profit & Healthcare division. This role involves coordinating audit activities, preparing financial statements, and serving as a client contact while also providing training and supervision to junior staff.
AccountingConsultingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Applies knowledge and understanding of the collective effect of various factors on establishing or enhancing effectiveness, or mitigating the risks, of specific policies and procedures by:
Applies knowledge of transactional flow and key transactional cycles to complete audit work
Documents, validates and assesses the design and operating effectiveness of the clients’ internal control system
Identifies and communicates suggested improvements to client internal controls and accounting procedures in an effort to reduces risk within the client organization
Provides on-the-job-training to the engagement staff during audit field work as well as supervise and review the work of the audit staff
Communicates financial statement disclosure requirements to clients
Drafts complex sets of financial statements with disclosures
Recognizes and applies new pronouncements to client situations
Identifies, analyzes and discusses alternative generally accepted accounting principles with the engagement management team and the client, as needed
Identifies complex accounting issues and brings them to the attention of superiors for resolution
Coaches less experienced team members in new areas
Considers Uniform Guidance rules in understanding and executing financial statement audits under Government Auditing Standards
Formulates and communicates the audit plan
Applies GAAS to a variety of complex issues and consults others as appropriate
Employs audit skepticism and determines when to reduce or expand testing
Utilizes BDO audit manual as appropriate for the situation
Documents deviations from BDO policy, with approval
Coordinates the day-to-day conduct of the audit plan by ensuring the field work is executed and completed as planned, in accordance with timetable established, with Firm’s policies and procedures and tracks budget to actual and notifies the engagement management team early of expected budget variance
Applies BDO audit approach and methodologies, including vast BDO tools and technology available, to execute the audit and through proper archiving procedures
Identifies and proposes outcomes to critical issues
Utilizes internal and external research tools for documenting issues, approaches and conclusions
Researches complex areas of accounting, forming an initial opinion on the correct treatment independently while considering and documenting the impact on the client audit engagement
Assists the engagement manager with gathering appropriate information about the business and information system, including the accounting system, to form an adequate basis for the preparation of the audit strategy
Drafts the Audit Planning Document and utilizes APT Next Gen to create audit programs
Collaborates with the engagement manager to establish the responsibilities of individual audit staff for specific areas of audit work allocation
Provides verbal and written performance feedback to Audit Associates
Supervises the work assignments of Audit Associates within assigned engagement team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Accounting
Three (3) or more years of prior experience in public accounting
Preferred
Master's degree in Accountancy
One (1) or more years of prior supervisory experience
One (1) or more years of relevant experience in the healthcare industry
One (1) or more years of nonprofit audit experience
CPA
Actively pursuing completion of CPA licensing requirements
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Prior experience with various assurance applications and research tools beneficial
Benefits
Flexibility and opportunities for advancement
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Annual allocation to the ESOP is fully funded by BDO through investments in company stock
Grants employees the chance to grow their wealth over time as their shares vest and grow in value with the firm’s success, with no employee contributions
Company
BDO USA
BDO USA renders taxation, audit, assurance, advisory, and business outsourcing services to companies across all sectors of the economy.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.3BKey Investors
Apollo
2023-08-15Debt Financing· $1.3B
Leadership Team
Wayne Berson
CEO and BDO Principal
Catherine Moy
Chief People Officer
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