Audit Staff Associate

Job Description

Assurance & Financial Reporting Staff Associate | Rehmann

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Rehmann, requiring travel to client locations. Rehmann is a professional services firm that emphasizes personal and professional growth for every associate, viewing each as pivotal to the firm’s success. The company fosters a supportive environment, offering mentorship, encouragement, and guidance from colleagues and leadership. This position is vital for delivering high-quality assurance and financial reporting services, directly impacting client success and contributing to Rehmann’s reputation as a firm that Puts People First and aims to Empower Your Purpose.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Requiring travel to client locations

• Mission: To perform audit procedures and maintain client knowledge to ensure accurate financial reporting and support firm success.
• Tech Stack: Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Review: Prior year work papers and recent interim financial statements before engagements.
• Perform: Audit procedures for moderately complex areas of client operations.
• Draft: Relevant management letter comments, supported by factual information from client personnel.
• Maintain: Knowledge of clients’ policies, procedures, and business conditions.
• Understand: Clients’ basic accounting practices, transactions, and their inter-relationships with financial information systems.
• Assess: The effectiveness of clients’ accounting systems, including computer control structure and environment.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting. Candidates must have 150 CPA credits and all degrees completed before the full-time start date, along with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. This role is designed for individuals in the early stages of their professional accounting journey.
• Experience: Some work experience, whether related to accounting or not, is required. Candidates should also demonstrate initiative and drive through leadership experiences in work and/or campus extracurriculars.
• Skills: Strong, hands-on Excel skills are essential. Additionally, candidates need excellent verbal and written communication skills, advanced problem solving and critical thinking abilities, and a motivation to continuously learn and improve, showing an easy-to-coach attitude. Unwavering integrity in all situations is also a key value.
• Bonus: A plan to complete the CPA exam within two years of employment with Rehmann is highly valued, with firm support provided. Enthusiasm, an eagerness to engage and contribute, and a willingness to routinely travel to client locations are also important for success in this role.