Assurance Director - Nashville - Marcum Search

Marcum LLP offers a great career with exceptional benefits.

There’s a lot to think about when it comes to launching your career. At Marcum, we offer you a world of opportunity, a highly competitive salary, exceptional benefits, flexible work options, and industry-leading technology, all within an environment that values your contributions and supports your professional growth.

At Marcum, eligible associates receive a benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and transit benefits, as well as paid time off, a 401(k) plan with an employer contribution, and a profit sharing plan.

Marcum LLP is actively looking for an Assurance Director to join our growing and well-established national firm in our Nashville office. The position requires a high-energy, experienced audit professional with strong interpersonal and supervisory skills.

Assurance Directors are responsible for managing assurance engagements, with minimum oversight by Partners, be an active role model and leader for staff to emulate. Meet billable hour and annual CPE requirements.

Travel

• Travel frequently to client office locations.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Partners on assigned client engagements from start to finish.
• Work with team members to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, analysis, and research.
• Oversee and coordinate all phases of audit engagements, review work papers for accuracy and completeness, and review financial statements for suitability of presentation and adequacy of disclosures, and ensure work is on schedule.
• Generate and manage the engagement budget and profitability in all engagement areas.
• Take the lead role in managing engagements
• Review and evaluate work papers and determine compliance with professional standards and firm policy.
• 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
• Generate new business annually for new and existing clients.
• Confident ability to present audit report findings directly to client board members
• Represent the firm by presenting on areas of expertise at third party events, and industry seminars on a national and local platform.
• Effectively manage employee and client expectations
• Complete performance evaluations constructively and timely, and also provide ongoing performance feedback to employees.
• Serve in a counselor role with staff on their performance engagement results and goal setting process for their continued professional development.
• Maintain required annual CPE’s and licensing requirements.

Qualifications

• BBA/BS/MS in Accounting
• Must be a licensed CPA
• 10+ years of relevant public accounting experience, specifically in the healthcare industry.
• Advanced knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)/Tax Law knowledge
• 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 deadline with accuracy.
• Strong communication, research, analytical and writing skills.
• Proven technical skills with, Excel, Word and Outlook
• Experience with accounting software. Prosystem FX engagement preferred.
• Solid organization skills with a demonstrated ability to multi-task
• Active listening skills.
• Strong time management, analytical and research skills
• Must have personal vehicle, with flexibility to travel.
• Required to be in the office and/or client locations minimally three days per week.

Our growing assurance practice provides tremendous career opportunities in an environment of the highest ethical standards and professionalism. We are committed to practicing work/life balance and offer extremely competitive salary and benefit packages.

Marcum LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Marcum LLP does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, national origin, color, religion, sex, gender identity, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other protected classification under the law.