Auditor Senior Job Description
Auditor senior
provides guidance on best practices for COSO / SOX control testing and audit procedures.
Auditor Senior Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective auditor senior job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included auditor senior job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Preparing audit work papers in the audit program documenting and supporting audit procedures and techniques conducted
Execute internal audit and SOX activities
Plan and communicate the detailed scope of audits and SOX activities
Ensure timely completion of audits and SOX activities
Assist with continually updating Internal Audit and SOX policies and procedures
Union and pension plans
Nonprofit organizations
Insurance companies
Gain a thorough understanding of the firm's audit approach, methodology and tools
Assist in designing the audit approach
Auditor Senior Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Auditor Senior
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, CIA, CISA, CFE, CISSP, CA, MBA, CMA, ACA, CPCU
Education for Auditor Senior
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the auditor senior job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Education, Business, Business/Administration, Economics, Auditing, Management, Computer Science, MBA
Skills for Auditor Senior
Desired skills for auditor senior include:
Also prefer experience with Wolters Klewer Teammate audit management system software
Query tools to retrieve dates
TeamMate and other audit software
COSO framework
Auditing standards
SOX
COSO
Audit procedures
Banking regulations
Business function
Desired experience for auditor senior includes:
Supervise audit engagements and audit staff engagements, and inform managers of the engagement status
Draft the inter office summary memorandum and the key audit deliverables, assist in the presentation of key discussion points for the closing meeting with the client management
Stay informed of current economic development relevant to clients business and industry
Manage staff performance, conduct timely performance reviews, and provide performance feedback
Auditing the balance sheet and income statements for the company
Assisting in designing the audit approach
Auditor Senior Examples
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Auditor Senior Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of auditor senior. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for auditor senior
- Assess the effectiveness of SOX controls
- Perform and document SOX walkthroughs in accordance with the firm's frameworks
- Work independently to execute audit procedures
- Prepare audit work papers in the audit program documenting and supporting audit procedures and techniques conducted
- Identify the scope of the audit including analytical reviews, sampling techniques and the use of ITS equipment and software
- Create work papers in accordance with department standards
- Review and approve working papers developed by auditors
- Prepare audit reports and audit programs
- Appraise the auditors' individual performance on an assigned audit engagement
- Maintain and advance technical competence through self-study and company-sponsored training programs in order to better understand auditing concepts and techniques
Qualifications for auditor senior
- Preparing and maintaining schedule of client’s fixed assets
- Preparing lead schedules and other supporting schedules using MS Excel and Word
- Preparing and completing required audit programs and checklists using PPC ESmart Tools
- Acquiring necessary confirmations for bank, mortgage, legal, and insurance
- Collecting necessary documentation during field audit
- Preparing certified financial statement with schedules and footnotes for Audit Manager’s review
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of auditor senior. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for auditor senior
- Comply with all team/departmental standards and conventions
- Verbally articulate audit issues and associated to management in a succinct and respectful manner
- Write high quality audit issues to be included in final audit reports with sufficient quantification and support
- Be a subject matter expert (SME) for areas owned by the team
- Build and maintain positive working relationships by effectively communicating and regularly sharing information, issues, points of interest with the team, internal and external business partners
- Audit functions of financial operations
- Perform budget projections
- Create audit reports
- Oversee first-year staff
- Assist Internal Audit management with defining and updating the annual and long-range internal audit programs based on associated financial, operational and compliance risks
Qualifications for auditor senior
- 3+ years of experience from a large financial services firm
- Audit-Products, Audit-Operational, Audit-Financial, Anti Money Laundering
- 3+ years of public Audit experience (Operational & Financial)
- Minimum three years of public accounting experience
- Supervise staff in their continual development by providing guidance, support, and creating a positive and open teamwork environment
- Analytical review of client balance sheet and income statement accounts with required analysis & explanation of account variances based on expectations developed by discussions with management, industry norms, and economic trends
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Our growing company is looking for an auditor senior. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for auditor senior
- Assist in the communication of findings and recommendations to all levels of departmental and operating unit management verbally and through
- Manage engagement
- Complete financial statements and tax returns
- Be involved in tax return preparation
- Plan and execute day-to day activities of client engagements
- Identify and communicate technical issues to managers and partners
- Train and supervise junior staff members
- Delegate responsibilities as appropriate
- Provide performance evaluations
- Identify and clearly define audit issues and root causes, recommend practical solutions and ensure corrective action plans are developed and implemented
Qualifications for auditor senior
- Must have experience servicing clients in of the following industries (non-profit, government, municipalities)
- Public audit experience is a plus
- CPA or other certifications is a plus
- Knowledge of FASB, GAAP, GAAS
- 5+ years of Audit experience from an Asset Management firm
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Accounting, Finance or related field
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of auditor senior. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for auditor senior
- Identify, measure, monitor, and control risks
- Provide audit coverage for BSL / AML policies, procedures, and practices
- Oversee/contribute to the completion of the overall audit process, including the execution of the annual audit plan
- Manage the firm's self-assessment and quarterly certification process
- Plan the audit engagement by documenting the planning process in the Planning Memorandum
- Lead interviews/meetings to ensure relevant information is obtained for analysis
- Collaborate with Audit Manager when necessary
- Perform an appropriate level of testing based on the scope and risk
- Propose solutions and recommendations to the Audit Manager and/or Audit Director when obstacles or problems are encountered
- Leading and supporting multiple audit engagements
Qualifications for auditor senior
- Strong knowledge of audit and accounting procedures
- Have bachelor's degrees in Accounting or Finance and/or other area(s)
- Full or part-qualified ACA, ACCA, CPA or European / International equivalent
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Information Systems Audit (CISA) designation
- Personal interest in the video games industry
- CPA/CIA designation strongly preferred
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Auditor Senior Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of auditor senior. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for auditor senior
- Lead interactions with clients to validate the information/communication flow from the client to the audit team is efficient and effective
- Organize and maintain client documentation consistent with safekeeping practices
- Participate in integrated Internal Control Audits
- Coach, and mentor auditors, interns, new hires and team members
- Develop and execute complex data analysis routines and visualize the results of analytics
- Provide support, as needed, to audits led by others
- Assist with the ongoing execution of the Continuous Monitoring program
- Developing audit programs and strategies to more effectively handle client issues
- Planning and reviewing audits for employee benefit plans
- Supervising, training and evaluating staff
Qualifications for auditor senior
- Maintaining a knowledge of business developments and their effect clients
- Resolving problems prior to submission for final partner review
- Encouraging a team approach to performing audits
- Preparing and reviewing of forms 5500’s , 990’s and LM-2’s
- Work closely with Partners and clients
- Manage and review the staff on engagements