Life Science Audit Principal
| Company | Withum |
|---|---|
| Location | Boston, MA, USA, Burlington, MA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- BBA/BS/MS in Accounting
- Advanced knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and PCAOB/SEC rules and regulations
- Familiar with the transactions common in the life science space including complex debt and equity transactions such as warrant accounting, and stock-based compensation arrangements
- 10+ years of relevant experience
- Must be a licensed CPA
- Excellent analytical, technical, and auditing skills including, specifically within SEC Assurance
- Ability to articulately communicate professional/technical knowledge
- Thorough understanding of complex technical issues
- Ability to meet deadlines with accuracy
- Exceptional client service and communication skills with a demonstrated ability to develop and maintain outstanding client relationships.
- Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing projects in a rapidly growing, fast-paced, interactive, results-based team environment.
- Strong leadership, training, and mentoring skills, coupled with excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills to represent the Firm well to engagement partners or client’s management
- Excellent organizational and project management skills and strong attention to detail
Responsibilities
- Leading the engagement team staff on the planning and execution of an audit engagement to effectively and efficiently provide world-class client service
- Overseeing the day-to-day operations of the audit engagement from staffing, planning, risk assessment, fieldwork, financial reporting and the conclusion
- Providing supervision, training and support to the engagement staff and promote open communication to the engagement manager and partner
- Managing multiple engagements concurrently with various teams to efficiently meet client deadlines
- Creating and tracking engagement budgets to review for inefficiencies that may arise during the audit and maintain profitable realization rates
- Reviewing and evaluating work papers, and determine compliance with professional standards and firm policy
- Reviewing reports and financial statements
- Reviewing with the engagement partner significant findings that raise questions involving auditing standards and firm policy
- Managing risk and ensure quality control procedures are being executed
- Effectively managing employee and client expectations
- Developing and maintaining positive working relationships with client management
- Provide on-the-job training to team members
- Developing staff by taking an active role in the Firm’s learning and development activities
- Completing performance evaluations constructively and timely, and also provide ongoing performance feedback to employees
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.