Audit Sr. Associate, Government Clients

Job Description

Job Description

Why Redpath?

At Redpath, you’ll be valued for who you are and supported in where you’re going. We’ve created a culture rooted in trust, teamwork, and genuine relationships, where caring is at the core of how we treat each other and our clients. You’ll do meaningful work here with people who bring a positive, solution-focused mindset to every challenge. Our team is proactive in all we do, taking initiative, clearing roadblocks, and staying ahead for our clients and each other. Here, your voice matters, your growth is a priority, and your work drives real impact. We’re driven to improve, grow, and deliver excellence together, personally and professionally. This isn’t just a job. It’s a place to build a career and a community.

Responsibilities:

• Work exclusively with government clients.
• Actively participate in engagement planning and designing engagement-specific government audit approach.
• Perform and lead audit procedures in complex financial statement audits and Federal Single Audits.
• Identify accounting, financial statement, and reporting issues, based on professional guidance including U.S. GAAP.
• Research accounting treatment and propose solutions, consulting with experienced staff as necessary.

What You Need to be Successful:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Active CPA license or plans to pursue in the short term
• Working knowledge of Government Accounting Standards ( GASB's )
• 2+ years of recent experience working with government accounting and government financial statements (fund accounting) internally within a government entity/program, or externally in a public accounting audit capacity
• Compliance experience preparing for, performing and/or leading Federal Single Audits preferred
• Experience with Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book) preferred
• Experience with Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting/GAAFR (Blue Book) preferred
• Ability to travel to client sites
• Valid drivers license

About Redpath and Company -- Who We Are:

• Caring - We show genuine care for our clients and colleagues through meaningful relationships, collaboration, and a constant commitment to adding value in everything we do.
• Proactive - We take initiative, resolve potential obstacles, and are intentional with solutions provided to stay ahead of challenges and opportunities for our clients.
• Positive - We cultivate a solution-oriented culture that embraces change, encourages collaboration, and thrives in the face of challenges.
• Driven - We maintain an unwavering focus on excellence, consistently improving and delivering beyond expectations across all our projects.

Redpath and Company helps clients make more informed decisions that contribute to their financial well-being by providing proactive, innovative, and value-driven CPA and advisory services for closely-held businesses, private equity, government entities, and nonprofit organizations. Core commercial industries served include manufacturing and distribution; construction, real estate, and engineering; and technology.

Areas of service expertise include audit and assurance; personal, business, and international tax; state and local tax; sales and use tax; and succession and estate planning. Redpath also guides clients throughout the entire business life cycle with performance optimization and process improvement; M&A advisory, including corporate and deal strategy, due diligence (financial, tax, operations, and IT), financial modeling, and M&A integration; accounting and management outsourcing; and valuations.

The firm was founded in 1971. With offices located in St. Paul and White Bear Lake, Minnesota, the firm ranks as one of the top CPA and advisory firms in Minnesota.

Redpath is a member of HLB International, a global network of independent advisory and accounting firms. For more information, visit

Redpath and Company offers a comprehensive benefit package, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• HSA and FSA
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Company paid Short-Term Disability
• Paid parenting leave
• 401k plan with company match after 6 months of service

Redpath and Company is an equal opportunity employer, and we use E-Verify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires.