Marcum LLP offers a great career with exceptional benefits.
There's a lot to think about when it comes to launching your career. At Marcum, we offer you a world of opportunity, a highly competitive salary, exceptional benefits, flexible work options, and industry-leading technology, all within an environment that values your contributions and supports your professional growth.
At Marcum, eligible associates receive a benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, and transit benefits, as well as paid time off, a 401(k) plan with an employer contribution, and a profit sharing plan.
Marcum LLP is seeking an experienced Assurance Manager to join our growing and well-established national firm in our New Haven, CT office. This position requires a high-energy experienced assurance professional with strong interpersonal and supervisory skills.
Managers possess the ability to handle the day-to-day planning of client engagements and in supervising the activities of staff assigned to audit engagements, as well as being able to perform and have a strong knowledge capital of all audit functions. Managers will assist junior staff with understanding general audit practices, as well as Marcum LLP practices, procedures and system, and should also possess the desire and ability to maintain positive client relationships and cross sell the firm's other services.
Our growing assurance practice provides tremendous career opportunities in an environment of the highest ethical standards and professionalism. We are committed to practicing work/life balance, flexible work options, and industry-leading technology, all within an environment that values your contributions and supports your professional growth.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for managing assurance engagements under the direction of both Directors and Partners.
- Be an active role-model and leader for staff to emulate.
- Coordinate various planning phases of engagements and ensure work is on schedule.
- Generate budgets and maintain profitable realization standards on engagements.
- Review and evaluation of workpapers, and determine compliance with professional standards and firm policy.
- Review reports and financial statements.
- Review with the engagement Director and/or Partner significant findings that raise questions involving auditing standards and firm policy.
- Manage risk and ensure quality control procedures are being executed.
- Coordinate various phases of engagements, budget time and expenses, monitor actual performance against budget, review work papers for accuracy and completeness, and review financial statements for suitability of presentation and adequacy of disclosures.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with client management and staff.
- Provide on-the-job training to associates.
- Represent the firm by presenting on areas of expertise at 3rd party events.
- Effectively manage employee and client expectations.
- Complete performance evaluations constructively and timely, provide ongoing performance feedback to employees; and to the New England Service Line Partner as needed.
- Maintain required annual CPE.
- Communicate engagement needs to the client.
- Recognize extended services opportunities.
- Keep current on professional pronouncements.
- Proactively participate in professional development opportunities.
- Coach Staff.
- Practice development initiatives (recommended).
Skills
- Ability to articulately communicate professional/technical knowledge.
- Effective business advisory skills.
- Decisively identify and execute solutions to problems.
- Thorough understanding of complex technical issues.
- Ability to problem-solve and think both creatively and logically.
- Ability to meet deadlines with accuracy.
- A demonstrated ability to self-direct and effectively organize, prioritize and manage multiple engagements and tight deadlines.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, written and verbal communication skills.
Qualifications
- MBA/BS/MS in Accounting from an accredited college or university.
- CPA certification, required.
- 6+ years of accounting experience, including experience in public accounting.
- Proven technical skills with Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Experience with accounting software, ProSystem FX engagement preferred.
- Solid organization skills with a demonstrated ability to multi-task.
- Ability to travel to client locations both within and out of CT.
- This is not a remote position. Candidate considerations must be able to work in the office and/or client locations minimally 3 days per week.
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