Senior Audit Accountant - Construction and Real Estate

Wipfli - Loveland, CO

Full-time - Entry Level

Loveland, CO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The position at Wipfli involves auditing financial statements and providing assurance services to clients. The role emphasizes the importance of building relationships with clients and associates while ensuring compliance with various auditing standards. The ideal candidate will contribute to the development of junior staff and participate in pre-audit planning to assess risks and design effective audit procedures.

Responsibilities

• Audit financial statements, quarterly financial information, and clients' annual reports.
• Take part in pre-audit planning to assess the risk of material misstatement of financial accounts to design effective audit procedures.
• Identify accounting and audit issues and perform research to solve issues.
• Responsible for testing internal controls, policies, and procedures and making recommendations.
• Perform audits under Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) auditing standards, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX).
• Proactively build relationships and communicate with clients and associates.
• Teach, train, and develop incoming staff/interns.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or related field.
• 1-3 years of accounting related experience.
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and organize work effectively on multiple tasks.
• CPA or CPA eligibility required.
• Adaptable to various levels of client complexities of people, processes, and systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to travel to client sites.