3 City Of La Mirada jobs in La Mirada

Job Description

About the Role

The Audit Director – State & Local Government serves as the liaison between partners, clients, and professional staff. You will manage multiple auditing and accounting engagements, oversee engagement workflow, and ensure compliance with firm policies and accounting standards. This role plays a pivotal part in maintaining client relationships, developing staff, and driving business development initiatives .

Client & Engagement Management

• Maintain client relationships year-round and possess a thorough understanding of client operations and controls.
• Serve as engagement partner or report directly to the engagement partner, signing attest opinions as assigned.
• Oversee all phases of audits, reviews, and accounting engagements, ensuring compliance with GAAP, GASB, GAAS, and Government Auditing Standards.
• Identify potential engagement issues, implement solutions, and update partners as needed.
• Ensure engagements are scheduled, staffed, and completed in accordance with firm policies.

Technical Expertise

• Serve as a subject matter expert in state and local government audits, including cities, counties, and special districts in California and/or Oregon.
• Stay current on governmental accounting and auditing standards.

Leadership & Staff Development

• Supervise and mentor engagement teams; review work papers and reports.
• Provide on-the-job training and conduct performance evaluations and career counseling.
• Assist in recruitment, including interviewing Assurance & Advisory candidates.

Business Development

• Act as a representative of the firm in networking and business development.
• Generate new business through client relationships, referrals, and community involvement.
• Lead prospective client opportunities, prepare fee estimates, and attend prospect meetings.

Compliance & Administration

• Ensure compliance with firm policies, billing, and collections procedures.
• Uphold firm-wide standards for quality, efficiency, and professional ethics.

Requirements

• 10+ years of public accounting experience, including 2+ years at the Senior Manager level.
• Significant experience auditing state and local governments (cities, counties, special districts) in California and/or Oregon.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field.
• Active CPA license.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and secure new business for a CPA firm.
• Strong knowledge of:
• U.S. GAAP
• GASB Standards
• U.S. GAAS
• Government Auditing Standards (Yellow Book)
• Proven leadership skills in directing, reviewing, and training staff.
• Ability to travel to client sites as needed.

Benefits

• Hybrid work environment: office, home, and client site.
• Same-day travel for client engagements, meetings, or seminars.
• Occasional overnight travel for client work or professional events.
• Overtime may be required throughout the year; heavier workload expected August–February for Not-for-Profit and Government clients.

Why Join Us

• Fast track to partnership with clear advancement opportunities.
• Hybrid and flexible work environment.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Opportunity to lead government-sector audit engagements for a top-ranked CPA firm.
• Strong firm culture with emphasis on professional growth and client service.

• Maintains contact with clients throughout the year; possesses a thorough knowledge of the client and all facets of the client's business and control systems; building and maintaining good client relationships.
• Either assumes the role of engagement partner or reports directly to the engagement partner on engagements in accordance with firm policies.
• Signs attest opinions as a representative of the firm when assigned the role of engagement partner.
• Oversees all phases of an audit, review or accounting engagement when reporting to an engagement partner and ensures the client deliverable complies with both the applicable accounting framework and firm policy.
• Apprises the engagement Partner, if applicable, of all important developments on the client account; identifies any potential issues on each engagement and implements solutions after partner consultation.
• Responsible for ensuring engagements are properly scheduled.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in discipline or industry, specifically for not-for-profit clients.
• Ensures billing and collection practices are executed by engagement teams in accordance with firm policy.
• Supervises staff assigned to engagements and provides on-the-job training; reviews work papers and reports prepared by the engagement team in accordance with firm policy.
• Plays a pivotal role in staff performance evaluations, reviews and periodic counseling.
• Involved in the recruitment of staff and interviews Assurance and Advisory candidates when needed.
• Acts as a representative of the firm in business development matters; develops a network of business contacts and referrals to generate business for the firm.
• Assumes the lead role on prospective client leads assigned to them and responsible for initial communications with prospective clients, generating fee estimates and attending prospective client meetings.
• Maintains appropriate compliance with all Firm-wide policies and procedures.

• Approximately 10 years' experience in public accounting and a minimum of 2 years in a senior manager position, with significant experience in the public sector, including auditing state and local governments (i.e., cities, counties, special districts, etc.) in California and/or Oregon
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field.
• Holds a current and valid CPA's license.
• Ability to travel to assigned client locations.
• Demonstrated ability to bring in new business to a CPA Firm.
• Possesses thorough knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States, Standards issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, United States Generally Accepted Auditing Standards, and Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller of the United States.
• Ability to direct, review and train departmental staff.

• Hybrid working environment (work from home, office or client location)
• Same day travel for work at clients' offices, meetings, and seminars, as needed
• Occasional out-of-town travel with overnight stay for work at clients, meetings, or seminars
• Occasional overtime work required throughout the year; heavy overtime work may be required from August to February to allow us to meet our Not For Profit and Government Sector clients' deadlines.