Sr. Audit Associate in Tigard, Oregon - #73265 | VanderHouwen

Description

Job Id: 73265

Senior Audit Associate
Our client is seeking a Senior Audit Associate to lead assurance engagements while building strong relationships with clients and supporting the development of junior team members. The ideal candidate is a confident, organized, and collaborative audit professional who enjoys taking ownership of engagements, balancing multiple priorities, and working in a hands-on environment that offers both autonomy and opportunities for continued career growth.

This role is a hybrid model in the Portland, Oregon area.

Senior Audit Associate Responsibilities

• Lead multiple audit and assurance engagements from planning through completion, coordinating schedules, fieldwork, staffing needs, and deadlines.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact, maintaining clear communication, managing requests, and keeping engagements progressing as planned.
• Review audit workpapers and deliverables, evaluate internal controls and risk areas, and ensure work complies with applicable professional standards.
• Coach and mentor junior audit staff by providing technical guidance, reviewing work, and delivering constructive feedback.
• Research accounting and auditing matters and contribute to improved audit procedures, documentation, best practices, and engagement-management processes.

Senior Audit Associate Qualifications

• 3-4+ years of recent public accounting experience in audit or assurance, including demonstrated experience leading engagements at the Senior level.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, GAAS, financial statement auditing, internal controls, and core assurance procedures.
• CPA preferred; candidates who are not licensed must be CPA eligible and actively pursuing certification.
• Proven ability to manage multiple client engagements, priorities, deadlines, and team members simultaneously.
• Strong client-facing, leadership, analytical, and communication skills, with the ability to mentor junior professionals and appropriately escalate complex technical matters.

Salary: $80K–$110K/year.(DOE)

Benefits
Benefits are available to eligible full-time employees and include coverage for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, and matching 401k.

Meet VanderHouwen
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