seeking a Director to join our growing and well-established Assurance Department in Houston, TX. Candidate will be responsible for managing assurance engagements, with minimum oversight by Partner. Be an active role-model and leader for staff to emulate and meet billable hour’s requirement.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate various planning phases of engagements and ensure work is on schedule
- Generate budgets
- Maintain profitable realization rates
- Review and evaluate work papers, and determine compliance with professional standards and firm policy
- Review reports and financial statements
- Review with the engagement partner significant findings that raise questions involving auditing standards and firm policy
- Manage risk and ensure quality control procedures are being executed
- Be involved in practice development and supervision of multiple engagements
- Assume responsibility for billing and collections when circumstances permit
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with client management
- Provide on-the-job training to subordinates
Additional Responsibilities:
- Generate new business annually from new and existing clients
- Represent the Firm by presenting on areas of expertise at 3rd party events
- Effectively manage employee and client expectations
- Complete performance evaluations constructively and timely, and also provide ongoing performance feedback to employees
- Maintain required annual CPEs
- Participate in firm-sponsored activities
- Develop staff by taking an active role in the Firm’s learning and development activities
Qualifications:
- BBA/BS/MS in Accounting
- Must be a licensed CPA
- 10+ years of relevant experience
- Ability to articulately communicate professional/technical knowledge
- Effective business advisory skills
- Decisively identify and execute solutions to problems
- Thorough understanding of complex technical issues
- Ability to meet deadlines with accuracy
- Advanced knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) / Tax law knowledge
