Senior Audit Manager

Job Description

Join our dynamic team as an Audit Leader, where you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and expanding our practice in the thriving Denver market. As the driving force behind our growth, you’ll collaborate closely with our Chicago Audit team, leveraging their expertise and resources to create impactful solutions for our clients. This person will be a visionary leader with a passion for audit excellence where you will be providing high-level client service, assisting, and managing all types of assurance engagements to clients within the investment partnership and private equity, broker/dealers, manufacturing and distribution, real estate, employee benefit plans, technology, and professional service company industries. The ideal individual will have experience cultivating strong client partnerships from the past or current set of clients and should be prepared to leverage those relationships. This position will be located in our Cherry Creek office in Denver on a hybrid basis. 

  Responsibilities

• Generate new business opportunities for the Denver market

• Ability to manage client engagements from start to finish, which includes planning, executing, directing, and completing financial statement engagements and managing engagement budget

• Build and maintain client relationships and manage all aspects of the client engagement process

• Supervise, train, and mentor associates and interns on the audit process

• Identify and resolve client issues discovered during the audit process

• Researching, reviewing, and analyzing various new audit and accounting standards and communicating to team members and or clients

• Provide relevant feedback to associates and senior associates on engagements for critical review items and performance-related matters

• Assist partners on proposals and business development calls

• Continue professional development and training sessions on a regular basis           

Requirements 

• BS/BA in Accounting with Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license

• Minimum of 10 or more years of progressive audit experience with a public accounting firm and business development experience within the assurance service line

• Familiarity with and experience in the application of U.S. GAAP and GAAS to financial statement engagements

• A passionate learner who welcomes opportunities to be stretched

• An entrepreneurial point of view in the Auditor role

• An energized professional seeking greater responsibility and more autonomy with clients

• Excellent project management, organizational and analytical skills

• Strong leadership and mentoring skills

• Dedication to providing superior client service

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Proficiency in MS Office, specifically Word and Excel

• The collaborative drive to contribute to a dynamic team environment as a true team player

Preferred Requirements 

• Experience in at least one of the following industries is highly preferred: investment partnerships and private equity; broker/dealers; manufacturing and distribution, real estate or employee benefit plans

• Ability to bring an existing client book of business

About Us

Listed as one of Inside Public Accounting’s Best of The Best Firms for the third time in four years, Topel Forman is a leading certified public accounting firm. As a leading firm, Topel Forman has been serving a range of individuals and professionals, to family-owned businesses and corporations for over sixty years, providing accounting, tax, attestation, family office, and advisory services. Here you will find the highest level of talent and expertise, along with leadership that cares. Our inclusive culture provides accessibility to professional growth and collaboration that offers a dynamic and engaging work experience.  We are dedicated to offering world-class service to our clients and a top-level professional experience to our employees. We offer a robust benefits package, including well-rounded fringe benefits, and a flexible work environment. We offer the opportunity for you to work where you feel comfortable whether it’s in the office, at home or remote. A 2022 winner of Top Workplaces, we live by our values of flexibility, integrity, respect, and excellence. For more information on Topel Forman, please visit our website at www.topelforman.com.  

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $150,000 - $200,000

• Annual discretionary bonus eligibility 

• 35-hour workweek during non-busy season 

• To learn more about our firm and benefit offerings, please visit our careers page

Remote Work Internet Policy

Internet requirements for working remotely: We require an internet plan with the following minimum upload and download speeds for best connection: 100+ Mbps download and 20+ Mbps upload. Home Wi-Fi should be password protected.