Assurance Associate

About the Role

The Assurance Associate will be responsible for preparing financial statements with disclosures, applying basic areas of GAAP, 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 influencing the effectiveness of policies and procedures.
• Identifies and considers applicable policies, laws, rules, and regulations.
• Makes constructive suggestions to improve client internal controls and accounting procedures.
• Documents and validates the operating effectiveness of client internal control systems.
• GAAP:
• Applies governing principles to client transactions.
• Documents and communicates understanding and application of principles.
• Provides support for conclusions with authoritative literature.
• Drafts basic sets of financial statements with disclosures.
• Researches intermediate areas of accounting and forms an initial opinion independently.
• GAAS:
• Applies professional standards and their principles.
• Documents and communicates understanding and application of professional standards on an engagement.
• Develops and applies intermediate knowledge of auditing theory and audit skepticism.
• Uses BDO audit manuals.
• Applies auditing theory to various client situations.
• Documents in line with BDO policy, identifying deviations and notifying senior team members.
• Applies knowledge to identify instances where testing may be reduced or expanded and notifies senior team members.
• Contributes ideas and opinions to engagement teams.
• Methodology:
• Applies BDO standards to guide effective and efficient service delivery.
• Completes appropriate documentation of BDO work papers.
• Ensures assigned work is performed in accordance with BDO methodology and requirements.
• Research:
• Applies methodology to seek or maintain information from authoritative sources.
• Draws conclusions regarding target issues based on information.
• Researches basic and intermediate accounting topics and forms an initial opinion independently.
• Other duties as required.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Basic understanding and experience planning and coordinating audit stages for basic public and/or private companies.
• Ability and willingness to travel, as needed.

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.
• License/Certifications:
• Eligible to sit for the CPA exams upon starting employment, required.
• Actively pursuing completion of CPA exams, preferred.
• Other Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to follow instructions as directed.
• Ability to work effectively in a team setting.
• Takes appropriate actions without being asked.

The provided salary ranges are indicative and subject to change based on various factors such as candidate qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.