Senior Associate Auditor

Company: JTaylor
Location: Fort Worth
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

Summary
Senior associates are working toward full engagement responsibility. This involves proactively performing the more difficult components of the audit and supervising the workflow of any associates on the engagement.

Essential Functions
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Responsible for coordinating the day-to-day "in-charge" duties of planning, fieldwork, internal control assessment, and completion for multiple clients within a diverse group of industries.
Proactively interacts with the client's management to obtain information, resolve potential problems, and make recommendations.
Assists with training of staff members, offers guidance and direction and gives constructive criticism of working papers to ensure compliance with applicable standards and regulations and our internal quality control documents and manuals.
Successfully multi-tasks while working independently and within a group environment
Acquires a working knowledge of the client's business.
Proactively communicates with all members of the engagement team and within the division to ensure engagements are running efficiently and effectively.
Researches and analyzes financial statement and audit-related issues or assurance topics as requested by managers/partners.
Works to analyze complex issues or to understand new concepts or types of engagements performed within the assurance division.
Works in a demanding, deadline-driven environment with a focus on details and accuracy.
Performs audit, review, compilation, or other engagements, start to finish, to meet overall client needs.
Transfers critical thinking, research, and audit skills to a variety of unique engagements offered by JTaylor.
Obtain a minimum of 40 credits of CPE each calendar year or meet the Texas State Board requirements
Becomes oriented with JTaylor's practices, policies, and culture.
Regular and timely attendance

Required Competencies
Execution - Careful attention to detail, mindful of deadlines, clarity of thought in work papers, -ability to delegate yet maintain accountability
Subject Matter Expert - Demonstrates understanding of subject matter, seeks to increase knowledge in subject matter (industry, regulatory standards, etc)
Technical Skills - -Competency in necessary software, thorough understanding of audits, reviews, agreed upon procedures and financial statement concepts
Communication Skills - Communicates clearly with clients and JTaylor personnel
Problem Solving - Demonstrates critical thinking skills, creativity in thought, addresses questions with a concise answer
Cultivation of Relationships - Seeks to develop and strengthen client relationships, develops and strengthens internal relationships
Intuition - Demonstrates the ability to provide quick and ready insight, leverages previous experience and education to answer questions
Initiative - Is a self-starter, actively looks for additional work, can function independently as appropriate
Self-Awareness - Mindful of their own strengths and weaknesses and how to best utilize these in a team environment

Work Environment
This job operates in an office setting with the potential for remote work in accordance with the company's telecommuting policy.

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