Lead engagements. Develop people. Grow your career.
We're seeking an Assurance Manager to join our growing team. This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced public accounting professional who enjoys leading client engagements, mentoring teams, and serving as a trusted advisor to middle-market businesses across a variety of industries.
As an Assurance Manager, you'll play a key role in managing audits, reviews, and compilations while partnering closely with clients and helping develop the next generation of assurance professionals. You'll join a collaborative, close-knit team that's expanding in the marketplace and creating significant opportunities for professional growth and advancement.
This role is ideally based in Portland, Oregon, with a hybrid work schedule, though we're open to exceptional candidates throughout the Pacific Northwest, including Seattle, who can support occasional in-person team and client needs.
What You'll Do:
- Lead multiple audit, review, and compilation engagements from planning through completion.
- Manage day-to-day client relationships and serve as a trusted point of contact throughout engagements.
- Review workpapers, financial statements, and engagement deliverables for quality, accuracy, and compliance.
- Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, and timely feedback to seniors and staff.
- Collaborate with partners, directors, and engagement teams to deliver exceptional client service.
- Supervise engagement teams of varying sizes across a diverse client portfolio.
- Help develop talent through mentorship, training, and ongoing professional development.
- Support business growth by fostering strong client relationships and identifying opportunities to expand services.
What We're Looking For:
- 5+ years of public accounting experience with a focus on assurance, audit, and attest services.
- Experience managing engagements and serving as the primary contact for clients.
- Strong background reviewing audit workpapers, financial statements, and engagement deliverables.
- Demonstrated experience supervising, mentoring, and developing staff.
- Experience serving clients in one or more of the following industries:
- Strong communication, relationship-building, and project management skills.
- Ability to balance multiple engagements while delivering exceptional client service.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
- CPA preferred, but not required. Candidates with strong assurance experience and leadership capabilities are encouraged to apply
Skills Required
- Four-year bachelor's degree in Accounting
- Licensed CPA
- 4–7 years of experience working for a public accounting firm
- Developed specialty in nonprofit organizations
- Ability to manage, coach, and develop staff accountants
- Analytical skills related to financial statements and other financial information
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Initiative and willingness to lead, make decisions, and work independently
- Master's degree
Aprio Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is generally positioned as competitive and fairly paid across many roles, with clearer benchmarking helped by public job-posted ranges and compensation aggregators.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, and vision coverage is positioned as comprehensive and available from day one for full-time hires, which is stronger than the more typical waiting-period approach.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with profit sharing and access to FSA/Dependent Care accounts, which can improve total rewards when firm performance supports contributions.
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What We Do
Aprio is a premier CPA and business advisory firm that advises clients and associates on how to achieve what’s next. Aprio’s associates work as integrated teams across advisory, assurance, tax, outsourcing, staffing and private client services, bringing the best thinking and personal commitment to each client. Across practices, Aprio brings together proven expertise, deep understanding and strategic foresight for industries including Manufacturing and Distribution; Non-Profit and Education; Professional Services; Real Estate and Construction; Retail, Franchise and Hospitality; and Technology and Blockchain. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Aprio has grown to over 1,000+ team members. To serve clients wherever life or business may take them, Aprio’s teams speak more than 30 languages and work with clients in over 50 countries.
