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About the Role
The Assurance Associate will prepare financial statements with disclosures, apply GAAP, and document, validate, test, and assess control systems. This role may also be involved in reviews and agreed-upon procedure engagements. Travel is expected as needed.
Responsibilities
- Identify and consider all applicable policies, laws, rules, and regulations of the firm, regulators, or other authoritative bodies as part of engagement team.
- Make constructive suggestions to improve client internal controls and accounting procedures.
- Document and validate the operating effectiveness of the clients’ internal control system.
- Provide support of conclusions with authoritative literature.
- Draft basic sets of financial statements with disclosures.
- Research intermediate accounting areas and form an initial opinion on the correct treatment independently.
- Develop and apply intermediate knowledge of auditing theory, a sense of audit skepticism, and the use of BDO audit manuals.
- Apply auditing theory to various client situations.
- Document in line with BDO policy, identify deviations, and notify more senior team members to obtain appropriate approvals.
- Apply knowledge to identify instances where testing may be reduced or expanded and notify more senior team members of the occurrence.
- Contribute ideas/opinions to the engagement teams.
- Complete all appropriate documentation of BDO work papers.
- Ensure assigned work is performed in accordance with BDO methodology and requirements.
- Research basic and intermediate accounting topics and form an initial opinion on the treatment independently.
- Perform other duties as required.
Requirements
- Eligible to sit for the CPA exams upon starting employment.
- Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to travel, as needed.
- Basic understanding and experience planning and coordinating the stages to perform an audit of a basic public and/or private company.
Skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to follow instructions as directed
- Ability to work effectively in a team setting
- Takes appropriate actions without being asked
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Leadership experience, preferred
- Accounting based internship, preferred
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Statistics, required OR Bachelor’s degree in other focus area and CPA certification, required
- Master’s in Accountancy, preferred
Salary/Compensations
- California Range: $85,000 - $90,000
- Colorado Range: $73,000 - $77,000
- Illinois Range: $78,000 - $82,000
- Maryland Range: $83,000 - $87,000
- Massachusetts Range: $83,000 - $87,000
- Minnesota Range: $70,000 - $74,000
- New Jersey Range: $78,000 - $82,000
- NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $83,000 - $87,000
- Ohio Range: $71,000 - $75,000
- Virginia Range: $83,000 - $87,000
- Washington Range: $78,000 - $80,000
- Washington DC Range: $83,000 - $87,000
About the Company
- Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.