Audit Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• IRA with 3% match
• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance

BW&O CPAs is seeking a motivated Audit Manager to join our growing assurance practice and help lead the next evolution of AI-enabled audit delivery.

We are not simply exploring AI tools — we are already actively integrating AI into our audit methodology, workflows, and engagement execution. This role is ideal for a recently promoted or emerging manager who is excited about combining strong technical audit expertise with innovation, process improvement, and modern leadership.

The individual in this role will play a key part in helping shape the future of our audit practice by contributing to the ongoing evolution of our audit technology, refining how our teams work alongside AI agents, and helping optimize the balance between human judgment and AI-driven efficiency.

This role reports directly to the Audit Director and offers substantial leadership visibility, growth opportunities, and a path toward Senior Manager and future leadership opportunities.

Why BW&O? 
• AI-first audit practice already actively leveraging AI in engagement execution
• Opportunity to help shape the future of human + AI audit delivery
• Direct influence on evolving audit technology and methodology
• Fast-growing practice with leadership visibility and accelerated advancement potential
• Smaller-firm mentorship with larger-firm sophistication
• Strong focus on work-life balance and flexibility
• Easy-going, collaborative culture that values initiative and innovation
• Meaningful nonprofit and community-focused client work
• Brand new El Dorado Hills office with hybrid flexibility

Position Overview 
The Audit Manager will lead audit and assurance engagements from planning through completion while developing strong client relationships, mentoring team members, and supporting technical excellence across the practice.

This role is highly collaborative and ideal for someone who enjoys balancing technical accounting work, client interaction, team leadership, and operational improvement. The position also offers the opportunity to help lead the firm’s transition toward AI-enhanced audit methodologies and modern engagement workflows.

The Audit Manager will supervise approximately half of the audit team, including collaboration with both local and global staff.

Key Responsibilities 

Client & Engagement Leadership 
• Manage audit and assurance engagements from planning through issuance
• Serve as a primary customer success manager for assigned clients
• Build strong, long-term client relationships through proactive verbal communication and responsiveness
• Coordinate engagement staffing, timelines, and workflow management
• Help ensure engagements are completed efficiently and on schedule

Technical Review & Quality 
• Review workpapers, audit documentation, and financial statements
• Research technical accounting and auditing matters
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, GAAS, and nonprofit reporting requirements
• Support quality control initiatives and process improvements

Team Development & Leadership 
• Mentor and develop audit staff and seniors
• Provide coaching, feedback, and technical guidance
• Help foster a collaborative, positive, growth-oriented team environment
• Assist in coordinating work across local and global teams

Innovation & AI Transformation 
• Play a leadership role in the continued evolution of the firm’s AI-enabled audit methodology and workflows
• Help refine and optimize how audit professionals collaborate with AI agents throughout engagement execution
• Provide practical input into the design, implementation, and improvement of audit technology and automation processes
• Identify opportunities to improve audit quality, efficiency, consistency, and team effectiveness through AI integration
• Help staff adapt to evolving audit technologies and modern engagement approaches
• Contribute to building scalable, forward-looking audit processes designed for the future of the profession

Qualifications 
• Active California CPA license required
• Minimum 4 years of public accounting experience
• Recent manager promotion or strong supervisor-level experience preferred
• Experience with nonprofit organizations strongly preferred
• Employee benefit plan audit experience a plus
• Strong understanding of GAAP and GAAS
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills
• Strong Microsoft Office proficiency
• Interest in technology, innovation, and experience with AI-enabled workflows
• Must reside within commuting distance of El Dorado Hills, CA

Ideal Candidate 
You may be a strong senior or newly promoted manager looking for:

• Greater ownership and leadership opportunity
• A meaningful role in shaping the future of audit
• Exposure to cutting-edge AI-enabled audit methodologies
• More direct access to firm leadership
• Faster professional growth
• A collaborative culture without sacrificing technical quality
• The opportunity to rethink how modern audits are performed

The ideal candidate is excited by both technical excellence and innovation, and is energized by helping build a modern audit practice that combines strong professional judgment with AI-enhanced workflows.

Benefits 
• Hybrid work flexibility after 90-day probationary period
• Leadership development opportunities
• Clear advancement and partner-track potential
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Modern office environment
• Professional development support
• Comprehensive benefits package

Physical Requirements
This position requires the ability to perform the essential functions of the role, with or without reasonable accommodation. Physical requirements include:

• Remaining in a stationary position (seated or standing) for extended periods while working at a computer workstation 
• Frequently operating standard office equipment, including a computer, keyboard, mouse, and phone 
• Occasionally moving about the office to access files, equipment, or attend meetings 
• Occasionally lifting or carrying items weighing up to 25 pounds (e.g., audit binders, files, office materials) 
• Communicating effectively in person, by phone, and via video conference on a regular basis 
• Visual acuity sufficient to review documents, workpapers, and data on a computer screen for extended periods 

Flexible work from home options available.