About the Role
The Manager is responsible for managing assurance-related deliverables for multiple clients, including financial statements, letters, and reports. Responsibilities extend to practice management, enhancing department economics, developing expertise, improving client service, and developing professional staff. Managers act as advisors to clients, bringing added value to relationships.
Responsibilities
- Manage the engagement and workflow of all deliverables for multiple clients, including audited, reviewed and compiled financial statements, and internal control and management letters.
- Identify and resolve accounting and audit technical issues impacting the engagement.
- Lead the engagement planning process in terms of timing, resources, risk assessment, reliance on internal controls, or other engagement approach.
- Determine and approve staffing and other resource needs, and related engagement schedules.
- Review engagement work papers and related deliverables to ensure that firm and professional standards are met.
- Delegate assignments to supervisors considering their skills, development needs, schedule, and engagement economics.
- Participate in the peer review process.
- Continually build on technical expertise in accounting, financial reporting, and audit methods by attending continuing professional education courses or utilizing other training resources.
- Conduct or review research of complex or new accounting and financial reporting issues and prepare memorandums to support solutions.
- Coordinate and monitor the services provided by other departments and niches as they relate to the engagement(s).
- Keep the partner informed about client updates, engagement, budget to actual status, and technical issues.
- Develop at least one area of industry expertise.
- Assist in developing fee quotes and budgets.
- Preparation of client billings and collection of outstanding accounts.
- Utilize assurance department methodologies, processes, and tools to enhance assurance engagement efficiencies and overall client profitability.
- Develop into a trusted advisor by being the primary point of contact for client throughout the year to discuss updates in their business, needs and potential solutions, accounting related issues and potential solutions, in addition to engagement management matters.
- Identify other services that will benefit the client(s) by knowing about the services and capabilities of partners and other service lines.
- Prepare presentations for audit exit, audit committee meetings and board meetings.
- Participate in practice development activities including developing a professional network or referral sources, assisting in proposals, or writing articles for publication and assisting partners in their practice development activities.
- Participate in activities to develop and improve firm and department business processes.
- Serve as an instructor in firm and department training programs and meetings.
- Develop less experienced professionals by providing formal performance feedback, career counseling and mentoring to those below manager.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field
- CPA license
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working in a public accounting firm
- Assurance leadership, guidance or supervisory experience is required.
- Advanced understanding of applicable U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (“GAAS”)
- Working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat
Experience Level
- Minimum of 5 years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field
- Master's Degree
Salary/Compensations
- $117,800 - $158,400
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision
- Generous PTO plan and paid sick time
- Flexible work arrangements
- 401K with Profit Sharing
- Wellness program
- Generous parental leave
- 11 paid holidays
About the Company
- Armanino is proud to be Among the top 20 Largest Firms in the Nation and one of the Best Places to Work.
- We have a community of resources that are ready and willing to support your ideas, build your skills and expand your professional network.
- We want you to integrate all aspects of your life with your career.
- At Armanino, we know you don’t check-out of life when you check-in at work.
- That’s why we’ve created a unique work environment where your passions, work, and family & friends can overlap.
- We want to help you achieve growth by giving you access to a network of smart and supportive people, willing to listen to your ideas.
- Armanino LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services, and Armanino Advisory LLC and its subsidiary entities provide tax, advisory, and business consulting services.
- Armanino Advisory LLC and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.
Equal Opportunity
- Armanino provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
- In addition to federal law requirements, Armanino complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
- This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
- Armanino expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
- Improper interference with the ability of Armanino employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.
- For positions based in San Francisco, consistent with the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, an arrest and conviction record will not automatically disqualify a qualified applicant from consideration.
- For Individuals who would be working within the City of Los Angeles, Armanino will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
