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Financial Services Audit Principal

Withum Smith+Brown P.C.
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/16/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/5/2025

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Withum is a forward-thinking, technology-driven advisory and accounting firm, helping clients to Be in a Position of Strength SM in today’s modern business landscape. Withum empowers clients with innovative tools and solutions to address their accounting, tax and overall business management needs. Withum is a place where talent thrives. We recruit only the best and brightest people, with a genuine passion for the business.

This Financial Services Audit Manager role will be based out of our San Francisco, CA office. You'll work alongside an integrated team of seasoned, well-known CPAs and industry leaders. In this position, you have an opportunity to build a strong team and be provided with a path to Partnership.

How You’ll Spend Your Time :

  • Leading or supervising the engagement team staff on the planning and execution of an audit, review or compilation engagement to effectively and efficiently provide world-class client service to clients.
  • Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the audit engagement from staffing, planning, risk assessment, fieldwork, financial reporting and the conclusion.
  • Providing supervision and support to the engagement staff, seniors and supervisors and promote open communication to the engagement partner.
  • Collaborating with engagement team seniors or supervisors and partners on client issue resolution and make recommendations for any legal, regulatory and accounting issues that arise during an audit engagement.
  • Managing multiple engagements concurrently with various teams to efficiently meet client deadlines.
  • Creating and tracking engagement budgets to review for inefficiencies that may arise during the audit.
  • Conducting constructive discussions with team members on their evaluations and providing counsel accordingly.
  • Serving in professional development programs as an instructor or discussion leader.

The Kinds of People We Want to Talk to Have Many of The Following :

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting and CPA license.
  • At least 5 years of public accounting experience, with experience leading multiple engagements and supervising staff.
  • Excellent analytical, technical, and auditing skills including familiarity with US GAAP.
  • Exceptional client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships.
  • Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing projects.
  • Strong leadership, training, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills to represent the Firm well to client’s management.
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, project management skills, strong attention to detail, and proven innovative problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to travel as needed based on client assignments.
  • The compensation for this position ranges from $170,000 – $250,000 for our San Francisco office. In addition to the base compensation, Withum offers a competitive benefits package and bonus program (for eligible roles) based on individual and firm performance. Final offer amounts are based on multiple factors such as the specific role, hiring location, as well as the individual’s skills, experience and qualifications.

    WithumSmith Brown, PC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, (including pregnancy), genetic information, marital status, domestic partnership status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, disability or handicap, veteran status, weight, height, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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