Job Title: Audit Partner
Reports to: Equity Audit Partners
Job Summary: The Audit Partner is responsible for the application of his/her expert knowledge of accounting and auditing to determine the financial status of the firm’s clients.
Salary Range and Benefits: Commensurate with experience, standard firm benefits
Hours Required: 40 hrs +
FLSA Status: Exempt
Office: Houston, Texas
Submit resumes to careers@malonebailey.com
MaloneBailey, LLP is actively seeking qualified candidates for a challenging and rewarding career opportunity in our SEC Audit Practice. MaloneBailey, LLP is nationally recognized full-service CPA firm based in Houston, Texas. Since the firm’s founding over three decades ago, our commitment to deliver small public company audit services has enabled our practice to become one of the largest in the world, and it’s still growing.
Our dynamic firm has been consistently recognized by the Houston Business Journal as one of the top 25 firms in Houston; one of the top 15 firms in the Southwest region by Accounting Today; one of the fastest growing firms and a Top 300 firm by INSIDE Public Accounting; and, one of the “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” in Houston by the National Association for Business Resources. MaloneBailey is a member of Nexia International, a global accounting firm alliance.
Major Duties & Responsibilities:
- Retain clients of the firm by ensuring the performance of the audit team performs to the standards of the client and standard auditing procedures
- Provide relevant auditing and accounting knowledge to ensure audit teams deliver professional, timely, relevant audit details in a clear and concise format and in conformance with standard auditing procedures
- Continuously review performance of audit team and resolve discrepancies
- Train and mentor audit staff
- Participates in training and professional development programs, business development and professional recruiting
- Engaged in identifying and detecting fraud and non-compliance of procedures
- Prepares reports and presentations as required
- Participates in strategic planning
- Engages in a teamwork approach, showing flexibility in assignment of clients and firm administrative functions to achieve firm goals
- Perform other duties as assigned and/or as necessary
Requirements & Qualifications:
The successful candidate will possess the following basic qualifications:
- Excellent project management, analytical, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- Strong leadership, training, and mentoring skills
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic team environment
- Professionalism, dependability, integrity and trustworthiness combined with a cooperative attitude.
- Highly motivated self starter with ability to multitask and work under pressure for long hours in a target driven environment
- Dedicated to superior client service
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
The successful candidate will possess the following qualifications:
- 10 years of recent work experience in the field of accounting with increasing responsibility, preferably as an auditor at a public accounting firm (i.e. Senior Manager role at a Big Four firm or national/regional firm)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office software programs, including spreadsheet programs (i.e. Excel)
- SEC audit experience
- Demonstrated supervisory experience with strong communication and excellent client and project management skills
- Marketing and business development skills are not required but encouraged
- Knowledge of FASB regulations, GAAP and GAAS
- Advanced working knowledge of technical literature
Education and Licenses:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field
- Advanced degree is highly desirable
- CPA certification (active) required