Audit Senior Associate

A Top 100 Firm, Brown Edwards provides assurance, tax and business advisory services to a diverse clientele.

With a firm-wide staff of approximately 450 professionals, our accounting firm is one of the largest independent CPA firms in the Virginia / West Virginia / Tennessee region.

We support individuals and businesses ranging from small companies to large corporations.

Our success is directly attributable to an unyielding commitment to excellence in every aspect of our work.

Core Values: Integrity : Community : Respect : Excellence : Transformative

We are seeking a Senior Associate to join our team!

Senior Associates are responsible to all levels above the Senior Associate level.

Senior Associates simultaneously conduct multiple engagements, maintaining secondary contact with clients.

This level is the first-line direct supervisor of In-Charge Associates and Associates.

A Senior Associate displays technical and communication skills, and judgement essential for developing staff and dealing with clients.

CPE will be more focused on specific technical areas, and management training begins.

What your day looks like:

• Directs engagements, which includes the timeline, budget, schedule, and Associates required.
• Reviews and prepares workpapers.
• Assures compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
• Assists with research and planning according to the current laws and/or Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• May begin to specialize in one specific area of the Firm’s practice.
• Supervises In-Charge Associates and Associates.
• May be responsible for several jobs at one time.
• Participates in proposals and other practice development/marketing activities.

What you need for this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Master’s degree in Accounting preferred.
• 4+ years of public accounting experience preferred.
• CPA designation preferred.
• Intermediate to advanced level Microsoft Office Suite.
• ProSystems, Engagement or other related software experience preferred.
• Strong communication, organizational, and analytical skills.