Independence & Ethics Sr Associate

Independence & Ethics Senior Associate

Grant Thornton is seeking an Independence & Ethics Senior Associate to join the team. Approved office locations can be found below.

Responsibilities

• Ability to learn and apply independence and ethical standards to:
• Personal independence compliance
• Audit/Attest clients and audit affiliate relationships
• Nonaudit and business relationships, including partner rotation
• Assist personnel with various independence inquiries, including assisting with independence audits or review self-audit questionnaires and evaluating non-audit services and business relationships
• Assist in developing and maintaining various independence resources or publications
• Assist with the development of annual firm independence training or other related training requests Independence and Ethics receives from services lines
• Maintain active communication with the Independence and Ethics team while demonstrating strong project management skills while overseeing the efforts of multiple projects
• Motivated self-starter managing multiple projects simultaneously and competing priorities in a fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment by leading and collaborating

Skills

• Strong skills in Microsoft Office tools
• Excellent written and oral communications
• Strong organization and project management skills, including interpersonal skills
• Team management of staff
• Problem Solving Skills: Resolve problems of team, appropriately identifying and escalating issues based on risk
• Agile: Ability to adapt and accept challenging situations and tasks and perform with the utmost professionalism

Professional Experience / Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3 7 years of progressive audit, advisory or tax in a medium to large public accounting firm
• Experience in a professional standards or quality role is a plus
• CPA a plus

The base salary range for this position is between $80,000 and $105,000. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton's discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.