Senior Audit Manager, Non-Profit
At a glance
Senior Audit & Controls role at Aprio. Portland · full-time · $136,500–$228,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Lead several nonprofit audits and other assurance projects from risk planning through final delivery
- Review workpapers and financial statements for quality, and manage client budgets, billing, and scope changes
- Serve as clients’ main contact, explain emerging accounting standards, and share engagement status and findings
- Build referral relationships, contribute to proposals, and connect clients with tax, advisory, and accounting teams
- Coach audit staff, delegate assignments, give feedback, and contribute to nonprofit-focused training
What you bring
- An accounting degree or closely related qualification and an active CPA license
- At least seven years in public accounting, focused on audit and assurance, including staff development experience
- At least five years auditing tax-exempt organizations, with substantial experience on Single Audits
- Working knowledge of Uniform Guidance, GAGAS, and nonprofit reporting requirements under ASC 958
Who this fits
This senior role suits a CPA with deep nonprofit audit experience who can lead client engagements and develop staff. The position is based in Portland and is hybrid.
From the employer
Join Aprio's Assurance team and you will help clients maximize their opportunities. Aprio Advisory Group, LLC is a progressive, fast-growing firm looking for a Senior Manager to join their dynamic team.
Aprio is seeking a Senior Manager to lead assurance engagements for tax-exempt organizations, including engagements subject to Single Audit requirements under the Uniform Guidance. Nonprofits carry a heavier compliance load than many organizations their size, and the cost of a missed requirement is measured in funding, not just in findings. This role is for someone who knows that landscape well enough to help boards and finance teams see what is coming.
Your primary focus will be nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations. You may support engagements in other industries as the practice needs, but your specialty is the reason we are hiring.
Responsibilities:
- Lead multiple audit, review, and other assurance engagements concurrently, from planning and risk assessment through final review and delivery.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for an assigned book of clients, and build relationships that extend past the engagement calendar.
- Own technical quality, performing final review of workpapers, financial statements, and other client deliverables before partner sign-off.
- Manage engagement economics, including budgets, work in process, billing, and realization, and raise scope changes early rather than at the end.
- Communicate clearly and often with partners, team members, and clients on expectations, status, findings, and open items.
- Research and document technical positions, and help clients understand new standards before they take effect.
- Supervise and delegate across all staff levels, matching work to the right person and keeping engagements moving.
- Build a network of referral sources, including attorneys, bankers, and other advisors in your industry.
- Take an active role in marketing the firm's services, contributing to proposals, and new business wins.
- Recognize cross-serving opportunities across tax, advisory, and client accounting services, and bring the right Aprio team to the table.
- Represent Aprio in industry associations, at conferences, and through thought leadership.
- Coach, develop, and energize associates, senior associates, and managers on your engagements.
- Deliver candid, timely feedback and act as a counselor to less experienced team members.
- Contribute to training in your industry specialty, and help raise technical capability across the practice.
- Support recruiting and retention by helping build a team people want to stay on.
Engagement and client management
Business development
Team development
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or a closely related field.
- Active CPA license.
- Seven or more years of current or recent public accounting experience, with a concentration in audit and assurance.
- Demonstrated record of managing, coaching, and developing staff accountants.
- Strong analytical skills applied to financial statements and other financial information.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with clients and colleagues.
- Initiative and sound judgment, with a willingness to lead, decide, and work independently.
- High standard of professional integrity and ethics.
Industry Qualifications — Non-Profit and Single Audit:
- Five or more years of assurance experience concentrated in tax-exempt organizations, with substantial Single Audit experience.
- Working knowledge of Single Audit requirements under 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance), including major program determination, the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA), the compliance supplement, and the schedule of findings and questioned costs.
- Experience auditing in accordance with Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS, or the Yellow Book), and compliance with GAGAS continuing professional education requirements.
- Working knowledge of nonprofit reporting under ASC 958, including net asset classification, the statement of functional expenses, contributions and grant revenue recognition, and conditional contributions.
- Experience distinguishing exchange transactions under ASC 606 from contributions under ASC 958-605.
- Experience with endowments and UPMIFA, donor restrictions, board designations, and liquidity and availability disclosures.
- Familiarity with contributed nonfinancial assets, donated services, and gifts in kind.
- Comfort presenting findings and internal control matters to audit committees and finance committees.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience presenting to boards, audit committees, owners, or lenders.
- Experience with data analytics or audit automation tools.