Assurance Manager - Business Services
$79,500–$145,800 year
On-siteToronto, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Coordinate the auditing of all required financial statements, related disclosures, and other client deliverables while assessing risk and designing audit procedures for engagement teams. Supervise Audit Seniors and Supervisors on engagement teams, monitoring work product, reporting productivity, and facilitating field work adherence to work plan schedules. Manage multiple engagement teams, prepare end-of-engagement evaluations, and maintain contact with clients to understand significant business developments and their impact on current year audits. Develop others through facilitating levels-based training, advising on career development, and sharing relevant industry publication insights. Anticipate and address client concerns, escalate issues as they arise, and identify performance improvement opportunities to ensure audit quality and compliance. 25% travel required.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or other discipline from an accredited University
- Active CPA (or equivalent certification)
- 5+ years of recent assurance experience within a public accounting environment with substantial exposure to external audit engagements
- Strong technical proficiency with financial reporting, audit procedures, and auditing standards, including GAAP, CASs or other relevant regulatory requirements, including IFRS
- Proven experience leading and managing audit engagements and teams, including planning, executing, and completing audits while overseeing junior and senior audit staff
- Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage multiple priorities, balance competing responsibilities across clients and engagements, meet deadlines, and maintain quality in accordance with firm and client standards
- Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with firm personnel and clients, manage client relationships, respond to client needs, and address issues while building trust
- Applies sound business judgment, risk awareness, and ethical integrity to ensure audit quality, compliance, and independence, and to provide guidance to team members
- Ability to work effectively in a professional office environment and, as required, at client sites, including prolonged periods at a computer using standard office equipment
- Ability to work extended and/or non-standard hours during peak periods to meet client, project, or firm business needs
- Ability to maintain consistent onsite presence during core business hours, report regularly to a firm office, and travel to client sites as required, with reliable transportation
- Willingness to travel 25% of the year, depending on your clients
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