Company: KPMG
Title: Audit Senior Associate

An independent audit is one of the foundations for establishing trust in the capital markets. If this principle is integral to your career goals, you should know that KPMG believes organizational culture has a significant impact on audit quality. KPMG LLP understands and values their role in the capital markets and continually seeks to enhance the perception of our profession by supporting our people, strengthening quality, and affirming the importance of trust and integrity. KPMG is a great place to build your career.

KPMG's Audit practice provides the Financial Statement Audit as its primary service, which is supported by a rigorous audit methodology, robust technology and global consistency. KPMG's focus is on the client's financial statements, emphasizing the critical nature of substantive procedures, as well as effective risk assessment and control testing activities. To further enhance our Financial Statement Audit, KPMG auditors use a multidisciplinary approach to combine such technical knowledge and skill sets as tax, forensics, information risk management and valuation as well as an industry focus to the audit to help ensure that the engagement team understands the client's business.

Responsibilities:

- Execute the day-to-day activities of audit engagements of various Financial Services clients, including Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) clientele
- Identify and communicate accounting and auditing matters to senior associates, managers and partners
- Interact with clients to help ensure that the information flow from the client to the audit team is efficient
- Understand and utilize KPMG’s Audit Methodology
- Supervise the audit staff assigned to engagements, including completing performance reviews
- Work with the audit team to develop hourly budgets, fee analysis, and to identify performance improvement opportunities

Qualifications:

- Two years of recent audit experience in public accounting
- BA/BS degree from an accredited college/university
- Eligibility to sit for the CPA exam
- Applied working knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and accounting procedures
- Ability to meet challenging client requirements, provide services, and possess strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, and research abilities
- Willingness and ability to travel

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