Audit Associate

Senior Audit Associate

Adams, Jenkins & Cheatham, PC

Midlothian, Virginia | Full-time salaried | Primarily onsite with flexible work arrangements

Adams, Jenkins & Cheatham (AJC) is seeking an experienced public accounting professional to help lead audit engagements, develop junior associates, and deliver clear, practical guidance to clients. This role offers hands-on client experience, opportunities to build leadership skills, and flexibility to coordinate your work schedule and home life.

For more than 35 years, our Midlothian firm has provided assurance, tax, accounting, management, and consulting services to individuals and businesses. Our industry experience includes utilities, insurance enterprises, common interest realty associations, health care, and professional services. We invest in employee development and support the Richmond community through a collaborative workplace that values client service and work-life balance.

What you will do

• Lead smaller audits and take ownership of assigned areas on larger engagements, coordinating work with managers and engagement partners.
• Perform audit and review procedures, prepare and review workpapers, and draft financial statements and related disclosures.
• Apply U.S. GAAP and applicable professional standards; research technical issues and communicate findings and recommendations to engagement leaders.
• Coordinate with clients to obtain records, resolve questions, and keep engagements moving toward agreed deadlines.
• Review junior associates’ work, provide constructive feedback, and assist with training and technical questions.
• Manage competing assignments, monitor engagement budgets and deadlines, and raise issues promptly while maintaining independence and objectivity.

What you will bring

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting and at least two years of public accounting experience with audit or assurance engagements.
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, FASB guidance, and applicable auditing and review standards.
• Ability to plan and review your work and coordinate the work of others to produce accurate, well-supported results.
• Clear written and verbal communication, sound professional judgment, and the ability to explain accounting issues to clients and colleagues.
• Ability to organize multiple engagements, adapt to changing priorities, and work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to work at the office and client locations and travel out of town for certain engagements, with reasonable accommodation as required by law.

Benefits:

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Paid vacation.
• Bonus opportunities
• Internal and external training and professional development opportunities.
• Employee engagement activities and a collaborative work environment.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. AJC does not provide employment-based visa sponsorship for this position, now or in the future. Employment eligibility will be verified as required by law.

AJC is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions including lactation, age, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We provide reasonable accommodations in the application and hiring process and in employment as required by law. To request accommodation, contact AJC Human Resources through the contact information accompanying this posting.