Audit Manager
John Kasperek Co., Inc. a full-service Certified Public Accounting firm located in Mokena and Calumet City, Illinois (suburbs 20 miles south of Metropolitan Chicago), was founded in 1989 to serve the financial needs of the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana area. Led by accomplished governmental consulting expert - founder and managing partner John Kasperek, Jr., CPA - our talented team of Certified Public Accountants and professional staff are dedicated to providing customized services to local units of government, not-for- profit organizations, corporations and individuals. The firm's truly unique expertise is rooted in extensive experience through our municipal and educational auditing and consulting engagements. As a small size company, John Kasperek Co., Inc.'s attention to detail and hands-on service from all levels of the firm is well received by our clients and our team is highly motivated and dedicated to their continued success.
Key Responsibilities:
John Kasperek Co., Inc. seeks an energetic Manager to work in a fast-paced, agile environment. The Manager will have the highest technical knowledge and will contribute to quality control in audit, accounting and consulting engagements. The Manager will serve as the lead on engagements and requires minimal supervision. The Manager will handle the most complex assignments of the firm and will complete work that requires little or no revision.
Managers must have a minimum 7 consecutive years of experience working on governmental audits and consulting engagements and will perform the following duties:
- Lead staff on all engagements while providing mentorship and tutelage
- Serve as key point of contact for client engagement and maintain a keen understanding of potential issues to proactively mitigate problems and areas of concern
- Actively build relationships with clients while identifying areas for expanded services
- Responsible for all engagement management on clients including fee quoting, engagement planning, staffing, preparing engagement letters, billing and collection
- Effectively supervise multiple engagements at the same time
- Implement and teach JJKCPA’s audit approach
- Foster a healthy team environment and knowledge-sharing culture
- Actively participate in practice development
- Enjoy a high level of credibility with firm partners and staff
- Contribute to firm continuing professional education internal training programs
- Actively document and provide timely feedback related to staff job performance
- Identify performance improvement opportunities for staff
- Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations
- Actively recruit new clients and participate in key conferences and client/prospect events
- Participate in staff recruitment strategy and new hire interviews and assessments
- Contribute significantly to firm growth and efficiency
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting
- Minimum of 7 years of experience with financial statement audits
- Technical expert knowledge of GAAP, GAAS and GASB regulations
- A proven record of building profitable, sustainable client relationships
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Public Accounting licensure
Applicants for employment must possess work authorization which does not require now or in the future sponsorship by the employer for a visa. John Kasperek Co., Inc. offers a competitive salary based on experience level, a comprehensive benefits package and a professional, friendly office environment with tremendous opportunity for further growth. The firm also offers partial work from home and flexible scheduling.
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