Assurance Supervisor

Assurance Supervisor

The Assurance Supervisor is a project manager responsible for working on and overseeing assurance engagements, supervising team members, and ensuring the successful completion of client projects, while maintaining effective communication with both internal team members and external clients.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Supervising, in-charge, and leading assurance engagements, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
• Supervising and mentoring assurance team members, including associates and interns, providing guidance and support throughout the assurance engagement while fostering a collaborative work environment.
• Maintaining excellent project management skills, including the ability to prioritize tasks, manage deadlines, and multitask effectively.
• Serving as a point of contact for clients, communicating project status, requesting necessary information, and addressing client questions and concerns, as needed.
• Conducting and reviewing engagement procedures, ensuring compliance with respective basis of accounting, regulatory requirements, and assurance methodologies.
• Preparing and reviewing workpapers, financial statements, and other engagement documentation, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Collaborating with engagement teams, directors, and managers to address technical issues, resolve problems, and ensure efficient project management.
• Staying current on changes in assurance and accounting standards and regulations, applying knowledge to improve assurance processes and procedures.
• Obtaining a baseline understanding of the firm's services and beginning to collaborate with other service groups to provide effective client service and identify opportunities for multi-service projects.
• Maintaining strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact professionally with clients and team members.
• Maintaining compliance of assurance continuing education requirements, regardless of licensure status (e.g., Yellow Book, EBP).