Assurance Associate

About the Role

The Assurance Associate will be responsible for preparing financial statements with disclosures, applying basic areas of GAAP as necessary, and documenting, validating, testing, and assessing various control systems. This position may also be involved in reviews and agreed-upon procedure engagements. The Assurance Associate will be expected to travel, as needed, to meet firm and client needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Control Environment:
• Applies knowledge and understanding of factors affecting control effectiveness and risk mitigation.
• Identifies and considers applicable policies, laws, rules, and regulations.
• Makes suggestions to improve client internal controls and accounting procedures.
• Documents and validates the operating effectiveness of clients’ internal control systems.
• GAAP:
• Applies and documents understanding of governing principles to client transactions.
• Provides support for conclusions with authoritative literature.
• Drafts basic financial statements with disclosures.
• Researches intermediate accounting areas and forms initial opinions.
• GAAS:
• Applies knowledge of professional standards to engagements.
• Develops and applies intermediate knowledge of auditing theory, audit skepticism, and the use of BDO audit manuals.
• Applies auditing theory to client situations.
• Documents in line with BDO policy, identifies deviations, and notifies senior team members.
• Identifies instances where testing may be reduced or expanded and notifies senior team members.
• Contributes ideas and opinions to engagement teams.
• Methodology:
• Applies BDO standards for service delivery.
• Completes appropriate documentation of BDO work papers.
• Ensures assigned work is performed in accordance with BDO methodology.
• Research:
• Applies methodology to seek and maintain information from authoritative sources.
• Researches basic and intermediate accounting topics and forms initial opinions.
• Performs other duties as required.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Microsoft Office Suite (Proficient)
• BDO audit manuals

Qualifications

• Education:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Statistics, required.
• OR Bachelor’s degree in another focus area and CPA certification, required.
• Master’s in Accountancy, preferred.
• Experience:
• Leadership experience, preferred.
• Accounting based internship, preferred.
• Basic understanding and experience planning and coordinating the stages to perform an audit of a basic public and/or private company.
• License/Certifications:
• Eligible to sit for the CPA exams upon starting employment, required.
• Actively pursuing completion of CPA exams, preferred.
• Other Skills & Abilities:
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to follow instructions as directed.
• Ability to work effectively in a team setting.
• Ability and willingness to travel, as needed, required.
• Takes appropriate actions without being asked.