Senior Auditor

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Senior Auditor
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Office Setting: On-site preferred; hybrid flexibility may be available
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., with flexibility in start time
Salary: $76,000 - $100,000 annually, plus bonus
Position Type: Newly created role due to growth

About the Organization
Our client is an established, independent public accounting and professional services organization that has served family-owned and closely held businesses for more than 50 years. With approximately 200 employees, the organization provides audit, accounting, tax, and business consulting services to clients across industries including real estate, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, nonprofit, government, and housing authorities.
The organization is recognized as one of the nation’s top accounting firms and is committed to delivering high-value, strategic solutions rather than competing as a low-cost provider. Its team works closely with clients to understand both their business objectives and the personal financial goals of business owners.

Position Overview
The Senior Auditor will join the Assurance team and support audits, reviews, compilations, and agreed-upon procedures engagements. This individual will work closely with engagement leaders, clients, and junior accounting professionals while taking increasing ownership of engagement execution, client communication, budgeting, technical research, staff development, and business development activities.

This role is ideal for an active Colorado CPA who wants to strengthen their audit and assurance expertise, build meaningful client relationships, contribute to the growth of a local office, and develop toward future leadership opportunities.

This Is What Attracts Top Talent to This Organization
The organization has built an employee-centric culture centered on servant leadership, professional growth, and its commitment to serving people better.
Team members are trusted to take ownership of their responsibilities while receiving encouragement, guidance, and support from experienced leaders. Employees have access to individualized career development, mentoring, internal and external learning opportunities, and increasing responsibility as their capabilities grow.
Additional cultural highlights include:
  • A supportive and collaborative leadership team
  • An employee-centric work environment
  • Meaningful opportunities for advancement
  • Individualized career-path development
  • Autonomy with accessible leadership support
  • Opportunities to mentor and develop junior professionals
  • Exposure to clients across multiple industries
  • The ability to contribute to the continued growth of the Colorado Springs office
  • A culture focused on innovation, agility, integrity, and high-quality client service
  • Opportunities to become involved in professional, charitable, civic, and community organizations

What You Will Be Doing as the Senior Auditor
Client and Engagement Responsibilities
  • Work with engagement leaders to complete assigned audits, reviews, compilations, and agreed-upon procedures engagements.
  • Serve as the in-charge on assigned engagements.
  • Manage client communication and prepare engagement budgets.
  • Coordinate engagement activities to support timely, accurate, and high-quality completion.
  • Support engagements involving nonprofit organizations, closely held businesses, and clients across the organization’s industry portfolio.
  • Identify challenging or unusual engagement matters and recommend alternative solutions to engagement leaders.
  • Prepare financial statements and related supporting documentation.
  • Conduct accounting, audit, tax, and technical research.
  • Maintain consistent, professional communication with clients.
  • Participate effectively in internal and external meetings.
  • Manage assigned administrative and client-related responsibilities.
  • Protect confidential client information in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies.
  • Complete work efficiently and in accordance with professional and quality standards.
  • Assist with special projects and other responsibilities as assigned.
Accounting and Bookkeeping Support
  • Assist clients with monthly, quarterly, and annual bookkeeping.
  • Post adjustments to working trial balances.
  • Record and classify transactions in accounting journals.
  • Total and reconcile accounting entries for designated reporting periods.
  • Draft financial reports, including required footnote disclosures.
  • Establish and maintain property and equipment schedules.
  • Calculate depreciation and amortization.
  • Prepare payroll tax, sales tax, and other applicable local tax returns.
  • Establish books of account for new businesses when needed.
Professional and Business Development
  • Work with a mentor and senior leadership to create and execute an individualized career-development plan.
  • Participate in internal and external learning opportunities.
  • Contribute to internal projects and firmwide initiatives.
  • Represent the organization within the Colorado Springs business community.
  • Participate in professional, civic, charitable, and industry organizations.
  • Build relationships with clients, prospects, referral partners, and centers of influence.
  • Identify opportunities to provide additional services to existing clients.
  • Support the continued growth of the organization’s audit and assurance presence in Colorado Springs.
  • Develop supervisory, leadership, client-management, and business-development skills.
Supervision and Leadership
  • Train and develop interns and junior accounting professionals.
  • Provide timely, constructive engagement feedback.
  • Assist less-experienced team members with technical and client-service questions.
  • Support employee engagement and retention.
  • Serve as a positive representative of the organization’s values and culture.

What You Will Need to Be Successful as the Senior Auditor
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field.
  • Active CPA license in the State of Colorado.
  • Residence in or near the Colorado Springs area.
  • At least three years of public accounting experience.
  • Experience supporting audits, reviews, compilations, or other assurance engagements.
  • Ability to manage assigned engagements and communicate directly with clients.
  • Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial statements, and supporting documentation.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, and project-management abilities.
  • Professional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple engagements, priorities, and deadlines.
  • Ability to work extended hours during busy season.
  • Commitment to confidentiality, professional ethics, client service, and quality standards.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Established relationships within the Colorado Springs business community.
  • Experience serving nonprofit organizations or closely held businesses.
  • Ability to identify additional client-service opportunities.

Compensation
  • $76,000–$100,000 annually, plus bonus.

Benefits
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Paid Vacation, Holidays, Disability, Flexible Spending Account, Health Saving Account, Life and AD&D Insurance, Lifestyle Spending Account, Employee Assistance and performance based bonus plan.

Financial Talent Group provides equal employment and recruiting opportunities to all employees, applicants, and recruits for employment for Financial Talent Group and in recruiting employees for its clients, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.