Senior Assurance-Private Company

What You’ll Do

Join the Assurance team at Cohen & Co, a national practice known across the U.S. for its technical depth and high-quality client service. As a Senior, you’ll run audit engagements for privately held manufacturing clients. You’ll be the main link between clients, managers and staff, and you’ll help develop the next generation of auditors. You’ll grow in a people-first culture where your expertise and passion for service make a real impact.

Audit Execution & Financial Reporting

• Plan, run and supervise audit engagements for privately held clients, especially in manufacturing
• Prepare and review annual audit reports and financial statements
• Guide clients through the financial reporting process from fieldwork to final deliverables
• Audit key manufacturing areas such as inventory, cost accounting and revenue recognition
• Spot issues early, document findings clearly and raise matters to managers when needed

Client Experience

• Act as a day-to-day contact for client management throughout each engagement
• Learn each client’s operations well enough to offer practical, relevant insights
• Communicate requests, progress and findings clearly and on time
• Manage engagement timelines and hit deadlines
• Build strong, lasting client relationships that support retention and growth

Team Leadership

• Train, coach and support staff accountants during each engagement
• Review staff work and give timely, constructive feedback
• Work closely with managers, audit staff and other parties to keep engagements running smoothly
• Help build a collaborative, people-first team culture

Who You Are

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business
• 2–5 years of progressive audit experience at a public accounting firm
• Active CPA license, or actively working toward the CPA
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to juggle several engagements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work independently with little supervision and as part of a team

Preferred Experience

• Audit experience with manufacturing or distribution clients
• Exposure to inventory observations, standard or job costing, and cost of goods sold testing
• Experience auditing privately held, middle-market companies
• Experience supervising or mentoring staff on engagements
• Strong client service instincts and the ability to quickly understand a client’s business

Who We Are

#LifeatCohen

Sure, we like numbers. (But we’ll never treat you like one.)

At Cohen & Co our foundational principles offer insight into how we achieve an inclusive, growth-oriented culture that fuels the success of our firm, our clients and our people. In particular, we honor our foundational principle of “great people first” by:

• Championing the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion by embracing the unique stories, backgrounds, perspectives and ideas that come from our people; and
• Offering a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package, which allows each employee to use the benefits that best suits their needs. Our offerings go beyond standard options, including time off outside of your standard PTO to give back to the community, annual discretionary merit increases and bonuses, talent development resources to tap into growth opportunities, and so much more!

Learn More About Us!

• Discover our Passion, Purpose & Expertise
• Learn more about our Firm's culture

*Base compensation offered to candidates are determined based on factors such as candidate's relevant skillset, experience, licensure, and certifications, as well as job responsibilities, geography, market considerations, and organizational needs. At Cohen & Co, we don't stop at setting ourselves apart by offering competitive base compensation. As part of our 'great people first' foundational principle, our firm offers a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that allows each employee to design a package that best suits their needs and goes beyond standard options, including time off outside of your standard PTO to recharge and give back to the community, annual discretionary merit increases and bonuses, talent development resources to tap into growth opportunities.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of thought and background to build an inclusive and energized culture and better meet the needs of our clients.

Agency recruiters may not submit unsolicited candidate information or resumes to any Cohen & Co employee without a recruiting services contract first being entered into with the Cohen & Co Talent Acquisition Team; see policy here.