Audit Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Are you looking for a great place to continue growing your career? At SEK, you will find just that, especially if you are…

Innovative: Finds new ways to enhance process efficiency and effectiveness.

Empathetic & Empowering Leader: Mentors and develops team members while understanding team challenges and fostering a positive work environment.

Proactive & Deadline Driven: Manages multiple audit engagements and team members efficiently and effectively within strict deadlines.

Decisive: Makes well-informed decisions under pressure while applying sound judgement that align to company mission, vision, and values.

Articulate & Engaging Communicator: Provides reports and communications in a clear and concise manner while ensuring active listening with team members, clients, and other stakeholders to understand concerns and provide thoughtful, relevant feedback

We are seeking an experienced Audit Manager to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will oversee the audit and financial reporting engagements for a variety of clients, ensuring the accuracy, compliance, and timeliness of financial statements and reports. This role reports directly to the Partner and requires collaboration across multiple office locations and team members. Local travel to client sites is necessary to support engagements and maintain strong relationships.

A Day in the Life of an Audit Manager...

• Oversee Multiple Engagements: Manage multiple audit engagements simultaneously, ensuring timely completion and adherence to quality standards.
• Strategic Client Advisory: Act as a trusted advisor by providing clients with valuable insights, risk assessments, and recommendations for improving financial processes.
• Review & Final Approval: Conduct high-level reviews of audit reports, financial statements, and workpapers before partner review and final issuance.
• Team Leadership & Development: Provide leadership, mentorship, and performance evaluations for audit staff and supervisors, fostering professional growth.
• Business Development & Firm Growth: Identify opportunities to expand client relationships, contribute to firm growth strategies, and assist in proposal development.
• Technical Expertise & Compliance: Stay current with evolving audit, accounting, and regulatory standards, ensuring firm-wide compliance and implementation.
• Engagement Profitability & Resource Allocation: Maintain monthly billing, monitor engagement budgets, efficiency, and profitability and making strategic decisions to optimize firm resources.
• Firm Representation & Networking: Represent the firm at networking events, industry conferences, and professional associations to enhance visibility and attract new business.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field.
• Active CPA license required.
• Minimum 6 years of recent progressive audit experience in public accounting firm. Prior management experience required.
• Experience in planning, organizing, implementing and controlling engagements.
• Professional demeanor towards duties and responsibilities, particularly with regard to independence, professional ethics, and the exercise of professional judgment.
• Demonstrated problem-solving, organizational, interpersonal, project management, and communication skills.

Why should you join SEK?

Our firm offers team members an excellent career track along with a professional and growth-oriented work environment. We offer flexible schedules and reduced hours in the summer in order to support employee needs to balance their personal and work life. We value our community and offer paid time on the clock to volunteer. In addition, we strive to provide and maintain a positive work environment where each employee feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning, and culture.

SEK CPAs & Advisors Benefits & Perks:

• 4 weeks of PTO
• Flexible schedules (including half-day Fridays in the summer)
• Teleworking
• Dress for your day policy (jeans included)
• Culture of growth and opportunity
• 401k profit sharing plan
• Participation in a manager bonus pool
• Individual Medical Insurance covered by SEK

About Us:

At SEK CPAs & Advisors, we don't just provide accounting services – we create value and foster trust. What over 60 years ago as a small, three-partner firm in Maryland has grown into one of the premier CPA and advisory firms in the area. With offices in Camp Hill, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Hanover, and York, PA, as well as Hagerstown, MD. The firm is proud to be built on a foundation of integrity, responsiveness, empowerment, quality of life, and community.

We believe industry-focused, high-performing teams are essential to delivering high-quality and innovative solutions to our clients. Therefore, continuous learning, leadership development , and integrating work-life flexibility are critical components of our strategic plan.

At SEK, successful client service experiences are achieved by providing multiple services, frequent and ongoing communication , and a forward-thinking approach, thereby becoming a trusted business advisor throughout the lifecycle of a business or organization.

EOE STATEMENT - We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or gender, national origin or ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.