Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and inspire the audit team to meet departmental goals, fostering a culture of accountability, learning, and professional growth.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of collective bargaining agreements and audit program precedents.
- Oversee and streamline audit workflows to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Review audit files, provide guidance to staff, and manage escalated calls, allocation disputes, and complex negotiations.
- Partner with unions, employers, consultants, and other stakeholders to resolve audit-related issues.
- Monitor and analyze team KPIs, adjusting strategies to achieve performance targets.
- Leverage data analytics to identify trends, optimize resource allocation, and improve audit outcomes.
- Create and deliver training programs for staff, ensuring ongoing development and performance optimization.
- Lead cross-departmental initiatives to improve workflows, reduce inefficiencies, and strengthen compliance.
- Present findings and recommendations to Trustee Subcommittees on disputes and contractual matters.
- Adapt to evolving departmental needs, taking on diverse responsibilities in strategy, operations, and execution.
Qualifications (Required)
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent auditing and management experience.
- 4+ years in a team leader or supervisory role.
Qualifications (Preferred)
- Minimum of 5 years relevant auditing experience.
- Background in a multi-employer, Taft-Hartley environment or the entertainment industry.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong project management skills and the ability to prioritize effectively.
- Excellent communication and negotiation abilities for resolving complex issues diplomatically.
- High level of organization and attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and adapt to fast-changing priorities.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and apply collective bargaining agreements.
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to inspire and guide a team.
- Digital fluency, including experience using technology to streamline workflows and analyze data.
- Customer Focus – Builds and delivers solutions that meet client needs.
- Decision Quality – Makes sound, timely decisions using a mix of analysis and judgment.
- Ensures Accountability – Takes ownership for results and follows through on commitments.
- Communicates Effectively – Adapts messaging to the audience; encourages open dialogue.
- Instills Trust – Acts with integrity and consistency.
Top Skills
What We Do
GHJ is an accounting and advisory firm that specializes in nonprofit, food and beverage, entertainment and media and health and wellness companies. Previous recipient of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employee Champion For Life Work Harmony Award and named a “Best Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal eight times since 2008, GHJ is passionate about helping clients and its people #BeMore by focusing on building thriving businesses and creating a better future.
GHJ works as a business advocate for its clients — providing personalized service and building long-term relationships to help position our clients for growth. Through its affiliation with HLB International, a global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, GHJ is able to partner with other top firms across major cities throughout the U.S. and the world. GHJ’s audit, tax and advisory teams leverage the HLB network to better serve its clients and give clients access to member firms in over 158 countries across the globe and over 775 offices worldwide.
Also ranked as a top-20 largest accounting firm on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Book of Lists, GHJ has 15 partners and more than 160 staff members that serve over 3,000 clients. GHJ is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofit).
