Audit Shareholder at BerganKDV
Bloomington, MN 55431
About the Job
DescriptionJOB SUMMARYAn Audit Shareholder will have deep and meaningful relationships within their local business community, will have a track record of developing new business, and leveraging trusted relationships. As an Audit Shareholder, you will have an important role in developing, mentoring, and coaching our people to achieve challenging and rewarding careers and developing them into future leaders of our firm. With the support of the firm, you'll have the opportunity to develop and pursue creative approaches to resolve client issues.An Audit Shareholder provides high quality attest services to external clients, executes on engagement scheduling, and is an active participant in identifying areas of process improvement while being a leader in the firm’s CPA Services Department. The Audit Shareholder plans, supervises, and performs final reviews of engagements while ensuring our clients experience excellent service through their deep technical knowledge and advanced business development skills. JOB DUTIES
• Be seen as a trusted advisor, manage a book of business, and improve client loyalty
• Ensure team is adopting and implementing firmwide standards
• Possess sound technical GAAP skills to lead assurance engagements
• Identify new ways to deliver exceptional audits
• Train and mentor managers and staff and provide timely feedback
• Plan, supervise, and perform final review of all engagements
• Communicate with all levels within the client’s organization, both orally and in writing, and present financial information to the clients governing body
• Accurately scope new projects and construct a fee estimate/budget that considers appropriate margins for the practice and the overall picture of the client relationship
• Clearly identify client expectations at the beginning of the engagement
• Identify areas of risk on an engagement, develops and enacts plans to manage those risks
• Ensure they and their teams comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and firm policy/procedures in their work
• Generate meaningful revenue for the practice through expanding existing relationships and building new relationships
• Provide clear and timely instruction, leading to efficient production and limited need for rework Performs various technical accounting research and consulting projects Performs billing functions Effectively manage multiple deadlines
• Actively participate in firmwide A&A L10 and related committees/teamsREQUIRED EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS
• Candidate must be an active CPA and have a strong accounting background
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• 10+ years of public accounting audit experience
• 3+ years of experience at a National Firm, preferred
• Experience, ability, and desire to lead others or manage a team
• Strong technical audit abilityPC literate: basic software applications: Word, Excel, Internet, PowerPoint, etc. Creative Planning, LLC is an independent wealth management firm, whose affiliates also provide business consulting, tax, financial, and other professional services to clients. Creative Planning and its affiliates lease employees and other resources to BerganKDV, an independent, separately governed, and licensed CPA firm, in support of audit and attest services BerganKDV provides to its clients.RequirementsEmployee Type: Full Time Salaried
• Be seen as a trusted advisor, manage a book of business, and improve client loyalty
• Ensure team is adopting and implementing firmwide standards
• Possess sound technical GAAP skills to lead assurance engagements
• Identify new ways to deliver exceptional audits
• Train and mentor managers and staff and provide timely feedback
• Plan, supervise, and perform final review of all engagements
• Communicate with all levels within the client’s organization, both orally and in writing, and present financial information to the clients governing body
• Accurately scope new projects and construct a fee estimate/budget that considers appropriate margins for the practice and the overall picture of the client relationship
• Clearly identify client expectations at the beginning of the engagement
• Identify areas of risk on an engagement, develops and enacts plans to manage those risks
• Ensure they and their teams comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and firm policy/procedures in their work
• Generate meaningful revenue for the practice through expanding existing relationships and building new relationships
• Provide clear and timely instruction, leading to efficient production and limited need for rework Performs various technical accounting research and consulting projects Performs billing functions Effectively manage multiple deadlines
• Actively participate in firmwide A&A L10 and related committees/teamsREQUIRED EXPERIENCE / QUALIFICATIONS
• Candidate must be an active CPA and have a strong accounting background
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• 10+ years of public accounting audit experience
• 3+ years of experience at a National Firm, preferred
• Experience, ability, and desire to lead others or manage a team
• Strong technical audit abilityPC literate: basic software applications: Word, Excel, Internet, PowerPoint, etc. Creative Planning, LLC is an independent wealth management firm, whose affiliates also provide business consulting, tax, financial, and other professional services to clients. Creative Planning and its affiliates lease employees and other resources to BerganKDV, an independent, separately governed, and licensed CPA firm, in support of audit and attest services BerganKDV provides to its clients.RequirementsEmployee Type: Full Time Salaried
