Manager of Assurance

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This Manager of Assurance role involves leading multiple concurrent assurance and advisory engagements from planning through completion, including client relationship management and file review. You will supervise staff, serve as the year-round client contact at the management level, and contribute to practice growth through business development activities.

What you will be doing

• Plan, conduct, staff, and review multiple simultaneous assurance and advisory engagements
• Manage client relationships at the management level as the year-round contact point
• Review files, analyze work in progress, and prepare invoices
• Supervise and coach junior staff, including participation in recruiting and professional development
• Identify value-added consulting opportunities and cross-sale prospects with existing clients
• Participate in business development activities and build a client referral network
• Prepare or review audit, review, and compilation engagement files including financial statements

What the role requires

• Minimum 5 years of public practice experience, preferably in a mid-sized environment
• Proven ability to manage engagements independently from start to finish
• Experience supervising and developing staff accountants
• Demonstrated client relationship management at the management level

Designations

What your resume should make obvious

Screeners spend seconds on a first pass. For this role, these are the things worth putting where they will be seen.

• Quantify your engagement management: how many simultaneous files, what average fees or complexity
• Show supervisory scope: how many staff reported to you, what levels
• Specify engagement types completed: audit, review, compilation, with entity complexity
• Demonstrate client contact level: describe interactions with client management or owners
• Include any business development results: new clients brought in, referrals generated, or cross-sales closed

Where people in this role usually come from

Candidates typically progress to this role after several years as a Senior Accountant in public practice, having developed technical competence in assurance files and begun taking on supervisory and client-facing responsibilities.