Description

Senior Audit Manager (US - Alexandria, VA, Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, IN)

• Provide first line supervision to a team of auditing professionals.
• Review work products prepared by team, including workpapers, findings, reports, and other written deliverables, to ensure quality and consistency with auditing standards and firm guidelines.
• Leverage understanding of Government Auditing Standards to design and oversee execution of audit plans and procedures, including sampling and testing.
• Evaluate the results of audit procedures to determine the impact on the audit plan and overall conclusions.
• Develop team effectively by delegating tasks and providing guidance.
• Design and oversee the execution of audit procedures, including sampling and testing.
• Leverage technology, including data analysis tools and AI, to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of audit procedures
• Ability to multi-task across multiple projects
• Experience with business development process
• Prepare and review acceptable workpapers, write-ups, and memos, and reports.
• Own assigned work areas. Consistently bring all work to a client-ready level of completion by managing yourself, or the work of others.
• Communicate with client and management customers in a timely and professional manner, including conducting walkthrough and interviews individuals associated with the audit.
• Be able to create, submit, and track Prepared by Client (PBC) items.
• Follow engagement protocols for PBC items.
• Hold preliminary discussions of apparent deficiencies with manager or principal.
• Report audit findings to manager or partner and make recommendations for the correction of unsatisfactory conditions.
• Perform quality control checks.
• Create internal and external meeting agendas.
• Maintain excellent client relations with the firm.
• Meet expectations for attendance, punctuality, and company/client deadlines and abide by all company policies.
• Actively participate in formal and informal training to continuously grow technical and non-technical competencies.

• Bachelor’s degree required. Accounting degree required.
  
• This is a hybrid position working 2 days a week on-site
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. Financial statement audit experience required.
• Must possess a secret security clearance.
• Financial statement audit experience
• Management/leadership experience
• Strong customer service skills
• Project management experience
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Ability to travel up to 25%

• Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) Statements of Federal Financial Accounting Standards.
• Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) Government Auditing Standards (GAS)
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA’s) AU-Cs
• GAO/Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) Financial Audit Manual (FAM),
• GAO Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM)
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin 24-02, Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements (as amended)
• Other requirements for federal reporting and accounting, such as U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) bulletins and circulars, the U.S. Standard General Ledger (USSGL), etc.

• Values driven - You embody and model absolute integrity and servant leadership and you have a bias for action and continuous innovation.  
• Uncompromising problem solver - You see opportunities in every business challenge and can develop, articulate and implement solutions. 
• Collaboration - You are a relationship builder across all levels of the organization and across all business units. 
• Instills trust - You do what you say, without ego, and you follow through on commitments consistently and credibly. 
• Impact & influence - You are relentlessly focused on making a difference and can gain support for ideas, proposals and solutions. You get others to act, with or without formal authority, to advance initiatives and objectives. 

• Sikich maintains a Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy. We encourage every full-time employee, as your role permits, to utilize paid time off (personal time, mental/physical health care, vacation, sick leave, etc.). Waiting for time off to accrue is common at other companies. At Sikich, you do not have to wait for this benefit to kick in. FTO is activated on your first day with our organization.
• Sikich will also recognize paid holidays during the year and strives to permit employees to have time off the last week of the calendar year when client and project work permits. 
• Sikich offers a comprehensive wellness program to engage, challenge and empower team members to take responsibility for their wellbeing. Activities can be tracked through our wellness provider to obtain gift cards and other rewards.

• Flexible work arrangements
• Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options
• HSA employer contribution
• Nine (9) paid holidays annually.
• A robust paid Parental Bonding Leave program covering birth, adoption, and foster children.
• 401(k) with employer contributions
• CPA bonus with four (4) paid exam days & four (4) paid study days.
• Tuition reimbursement
• Generous employee referral bonus program
• Client referral bonus program
• Pet insurance
• FORCE - Sikich community volunteer program enabling each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer and make a difference in their local communities.