About Us: Gursey | Schneider LLP is a Top 100 Firm and a 10-time recipient of Inside Public Accounting's Best of the Best Firms, with over 40 years of success in the market. Our firm consists of over 200 accounting professionals, and our talented people consistently drive the success of our business through thoughtful strategy and creative problem-solving.
Job Title: Audit Manager
Department: Audit & Accounting
Position Overview
The Audit Manager is responsible for managing multiple audit and accounting engagements for a diverse client base, including both for-profit businesses and not-for-profit organizations. This role oversees engagement planning, execution, budgeting, staffing, technical review, client communication, and completion of engagement deliverables.
The Audit Manager serves as the primary liaison between Partners, clients, and engagement teams, while developing staff, maintaining strong client relationships, and helping ensure engagements are completed in accordance with firm standards and applicable professional requirements.
Successful candidates should have the following:
- CPA Designation.
- Minimum 6+ years recent Public Accounting experience in an established Audit practice.
- Minimum of 2+ years recent experience working in a managerial role within public accounting.
- A successful record of attracting, hiring, retaining, and managing multiple audit teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or other business related field.
- MBA or other advanced business degree a plus.
- Experience serving both for-profit and not-for-profit clients preferred.
- Experience managing multiple engagements, deadlines, budgets, and client service expectations.
- Strong technical foundation in audit methodology, financial reporting / U.S. GAAP, and internal controls.
- Ability to identify, research, and resolve complex audit and accounting matters.
- Ability to use firm technology, including audit, research, workflow, data analysis, and Microsoft Office tools.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong leadership, project management, client service, and relationship-building skills.
A day-in-the-life basic overview includes:
- Directing and driving the success of multiple engagements.
- Understanding technical accounting related to performing audits, reviews, and compilation engagements. May assist with forensic accounting, consulting, or special projects as needed.
- Attracting, developing, mentoring, and retaining top talent.
- Serves as the primary day-to-day liaison between Partners, clients, and engagement teams.
- Develops strong knowledge of clients’ businesses, industries, risks, internal controls, and reporting requirements.
- Supervises, mentors, and develops engagement teams, providing timely feedback, coaching, and on-the-job training.
- Reviews audit workpapers, financial statements, disclosures, internal control communications, and other client deliverables for quality, accuracy, and completeness.
- Manages engagement budgets, timelines, staffing needs, realization, and client expectations while providing a high level of client satisfaction.
- Maintains timely communication with clients, Partners, and engagement teams regarding engagement status, open items, technical matters, and deadlines.
- Anticipating and addressing client concerns and escalating problems as they arise.
- Identifying ''cross selling'' business to other practices, promoting new ideas and business solutions that result in extended services to existing clients.
- Keeping up to date with industry trends and latest developments as they affect U.S. GAAP and the Firm’s standards and policies.
- Developing an understanding of client’s business and becoming a ''functional expert'' in the area.
- Participating in management meetings to plan for work allocation, training, and other departmental events.
- Supervising the engagement team and providing on-the-job training and feedback.
Skills Required
- CPA designation.
- Minimum 6+ years recent public accounting experience in an established audit practice.
- Minimum of 2+ years recent experience in a managerial role within public accounting.
- Successful record of attracting, hiring, retaining, and managing multiple audit teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or other business related field.
- MBA or other advanced business degree.
- Experience serving both for-profit and not-for-profit clients.
- Experience managing multiple engagements, deadlines, budgets, and client service expectations.
- Strong technical foundation in audit methodology, financial reporting / U.S. GAAP, and internal controls.
- Ability to identify, research, and resolve complex audit and accounting matters.
- Ability to use firm technology, including audit, research, workflow, data analysis, and Microsoft Office tools.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Strong leadership, project management, client service, and relationship-building skills.
What We Do
Gursey | Schneider LLP is a premier Los Angeles accounting firm headquartered in Century City, the center of the financial and entertainment community. The firm also maintains offices in Orange County, the South Bay, the San Fernando Valley and San Francisco. Working as a cohesive team within the firm, our departments are fully integrated, giving our clients the benefit of having one firm handling their needs in every area of accounting, business management and litigation support, as well as business valuation services.
