Senior Associate - Audit & Assurance - Manufacturing

at  HBK CPAs Consultants

ASSURANCE SENIOR ASSOCIATE - AUDIT SENIOR ASSOCIATE

HBK is growing, now a Top 50 accounting firm according to Accounting Today magazine and a Top 100 registered investment advisory according to Financial Advisor Magazine. Our hundreds of collaborating professionals have created and foster thousands of close, caring, supportive client relationships.
Growth requires talent, so we continue to seek capable, dedicated professionals in all aspects of financial services. Our recruits choose their career paths. We want you to excel in your career as part of a dynamic team, and we provide the support and the resources to help you succeed. The breadth and depth of experience we offer you is unique in the marketplace.
We are entrepreneurs working with entrepreneurs, owners working with people who are owners of small and mid-size businesses, the heartbeat of our country. We are more consultants than number crunchers, an influence in our communities as well as our clients and their finances. When we go home at night, we know we’ve made something happen for our clients. If you want a career that is all about helping people, you’re the kind of person we’re looking for. Please read on to discover if you could see yourself joining the HBK Family as our newest Assurance / Audit Senior Associate.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of public accounting experience, Specializing in Assurance/Audit
• Will have a competent working knowledge of accounting and auditing practices and be able to research and resolve complex accounting issues.
• Experience in planning and supervising audit and large review engagements
• Experience with manufacturing companies is preferred but not required
• A competent working knowledge of accounting and auditing software is required.
• Strong interpersonal skills, research skills, computer skills, communication skills, time management skills, and can work effectively with all levels of staff and clients

• Review accounts receivable for ability to collect and evaluate the adequacy of provision for loss.
• Trace inventory items observed at the initial count to actual final inventory record.
• Obtain representation letters from the client.
• Take ownership of engagement, meet, or beat established deadlines.
• Review internal control.
• Investigate the possibility of unrecorded revenues.
• Classify accounts for financial statement presentation.
• Supervise the observation of a large inventory count.
• Determine if inventory items are obsolete or slow-moving.
• Review basis of inventory valuation.
• Evaluate the propriety of depreciation methods and lives used.
• Determine possible contingent liabilities by correspondence with attorneys, examination of minutes, inquiries to client, and so forth.
• Verify purchases and sales cutoffs.
• Determine the extent of test-checking required in an audit and select the period to be tested.
• Prepare complicated business and individual tax returns, such as consolidated returns, and returns on dissolution or liquidation.
• Suggest client tax planning ideas to Manager, Senior Manager, or Principal.
• Write comments for management letters.
• Review entries subsequent to balance sheet date to determine need for disclosures.
• Obtain and write up other disclosure data such as leases, differences between tax and accrual reporting, and so forth.
• Review and update the client’s permanent file.
• Draft reports including footnotes.
• Supervise and train the associates.
• Prepare routine correspondence to the client for approval and signature of a Principal or Senior Manager.
• Prepare budgets and monitor the budget throughout the engagement, alerting the Manager/ Senior Manager/Principal if the time is exceeding the budget.
• Prepare tax correspondence.
• Maintain good communication with the team, Manager, Senior Managers, and Principals.
• Able to research simple to average accounting and tax questions using the research tools available.
• Develop positive relationships with clients.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all clients and firm business.
• Identify problems early in engagements and deal with problems in a timely and efficient manner.
• Keep up to date on all professional pronouncements.
• Follow regulations and professional ethics of the AICPA and state society.
• Follow firm procedures and comply with firm policies as outlined in the Hunan Resource Manual.
• Ability to work overtime as required.
• Accept additional responsibility for engagements and research with little input from Managers/Senior Managers/Principals.
• Demonstrate ability to perform and direct the broadest range of accounting tasks so that the direct participation of Managers/Senior Managers/Principals is kept to a minimum.