Audit Staff Accountant

AUDIT STAFF ACCOUNTANT - SHARED SERVICE CENTER

At CRI your career path is just that—yours. We are strong believers in the notion that your career should adapt to and integrate into your life and not the other way around. We invite you to explore our opportunities and learn how CRI can help you reinvent your career path and shape your future.

Individuals at this level normally have a college degree with a major in accounting or a business field. These individuals will have zero to three years’ experience which may include an internship. The expectations of a Staff Accountant in Audit include:

• Become familiar with firm policies and procedures
• Understand the rules, regulations and code of professional conduct of the AICPA
• Progress professionally by working towards passing the CPA or Chartered Accountant exam
• Exhibit (or develop) skills and characteristics delineated in the Firm’s Evaluation Forms
• Become familiar with pronouncements of the FASB and the AICPA, as well as those of the GAO, GASB, and PCAOB, if applicable
• Become proficient at preparing financial statements
• Obtain exposure to the various types of financial statement engagements/tasks
• Assume responsibility for unaudited financial statement engagements or segments/tasks of audits under the supervision of more experienced staff
• Interact with core engagement teams and lower‐level client personnel in an intelligent and professional manner
  
  

Essential Functions:

• Obtain an understanding of the client’s business and industry as well as a working knowledge of the client’s system cycles and account balances that are within the scope of specifically assigned tasks
• Obtain an understanding of the work to be performed and the purpose of the work
• Perform substantive and analytical auditing procedures in assigned areas/tasks
• Prepare working papers which adequately document the tests performed and procedures followed to substantiate conclusions reached
• Be alert to the proper and consistent application of accounting principles in performing audit procedures
• Assist in the preparation of financial statement and footnotes
• Identify and document control deficiencies or other matters that warrant the attention of management
• Manage time within limits of budgets and provide real‐time feedback to the immediate supervising person
• Direct and coach less experienced Associates
  
  

Qualifications:

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with the 150 hours and must have completed all requirements to be able to sit for the CPA or Chartered Accountant exam
• Oral and written communication skills in English
• Strong organizational and analytical abilities
• Ability to work well in a team environment
  
  

CRI unites your professional passions with your individual personal pursuits. CRI works together to build an empowered workplace for every person that steps foot through the door, from intern, to admin, to staff accountant, to partner. At CRI, #EverybodyCounts

Going beyond traditional accounting, CRI boasts many specialized service offerings, as well as our CRI Family of Companies portfolio, which collectively work together to help individuals and organizations across a broad range of industries reach their goals. To learn more about the industries we serve, our service offerings, and other opportunities, please visit us at www.cricpa.com .