Location: Salt Lake City, UT and Spanish Fork, UT

www.larsco.com

A leading multi-office audit firm, Larson & Company, offers a family-friendly environment and competitive compensation for career focused individuals. We are currently seeking an experienced auditor to join our growing audit practice. This is an exceptional opportunity for someone with 5-7 years audit and assurance experience.

Job Responsibilities:

• Planning, executing and reviewing of all types of engagements such as compilations, reviews, audits, and agreed-upon procedures
• Directly interacting with client owners and senior personnel
• Overseeing the efforts of multiple client engagements; planning, executing, directing, and completing external audits in a wide variety of industries; and managing to budget
• Providing research and consulting services in response to audit and accounting issues, client requests and identified opportunities
• Maintaining day-to-day management of engagements to ensure services are delivered in a timely manner
• Resolving client issues and problems; compiling research and preparing reports on various technical subjects
• Serving as the primary client contact on all related matters
• Understanding and managing firm risk on audits and proposals
• Consulting, working with, and servicing client base to make recommendations on business improvement and process improvement and serve as a business advisor to client
• Being cognizant of time budgets, but does not allow time budgets to sacrifice the quality of the audit procedures
• Thinking proactively about and having involvement in practice development to include opportunities to cross sell to existing clients as well as identifying new clients
• Training and mentoring staff
• Review, evaluate and make corrections/suggestions to audit team staff
• Participating in recruitment events

Qualitative Requirements:

• Personal initiative, both in the way you work and in the way you interact with people
• Manage own time and the time of others
• Motivate, develop and direct people as they work
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Apply principles of logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Demonstrates strong organization skills and attention to detail
• Establish a rapport and good communication with co-workers, clients and others
• Adaptability and follow-through
• Ability to recognize and then satisfy needs (whether they be personal, professional, client-oriented, or firm-oriented)
• Excellent leadership and management qualities
• Embrace change and growth with a positive attitude
• Desire to grow individually and to spearhead efforts for firm growth
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Technical Requirements:

• CPA licensure required
• 5-10 years audit experience in public accounting
• Knowledge of GAAP, GAAS, OCBOA and unique or specialized accounting principles, and financial statement presentations; knowledge of statutory accounting principles is a bonus, but not required.
• Knowledge of current accounting, auditing, reporting and regulatory practices and standards
• Knowledge of the pronouncements of the FASB, AICPA
• Knowledge of the rules, regulations, and code of conduct of the AICPA
• Knowledge of financial statements and capable of drafting the financial statements in accordance with the relevant generally accepted accounting principles generally accepted and pertinent industry rules and regulations
• General tax knowledge
• Microsoft Office proficiency (i.e., Word, Excel, Outlook)

Compensation:

• Successful candidates will receive a competitive wage commensurate with their experience
• Larson & Company offers amazing benefits including paying for the employee’s health insurance premiums as well as a portion of the family coverage (which portion increases with tenure), cafeteria plan, 401(k) Plan, wellness program incentives, and bonus incentives.

Application Procedure:

Please e-mail your cover letter and resume to kelison@larsco.com.