Audit Associate

Job Description

Audit Associate – Macon, GA | Mauldin & Jenkins

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Mauldin & Jenkins, located in Macon, GA. Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC is a regional accounting firm offering audits, management services, and tax preparation for clients. This Associate position is crucial for maintaining client interests and the firm’s professional standards by developing technical skills and personal qualifications. The role provides a great opportunity to build a career within a regional accounting firm.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid, Macon, GA

• Mission: Provide audit, management, and tax services while developing professional skills and technical knowledge to serve clients and the firm.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Acquire: Develop familiarity and understanding of the Firm’s organization, client services, and professional, administrative, and personnel policies.
• Evaluate: Assist with the study and evaluation of internal accounting controls, including testing compliance when deemed reliable.
• Prepare: Generate financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and work on various corporate, partnership, individual, trust, and estate tax returns.
• Examine: Investigate discrepancies found during examination of client reconciliations for bank accounts and subsidiary accounts to controls.
• Schedule: Prepare computations of accruals, document underlying support, and create schedules for write-offs of prepaid expenses and deferred charges.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree with a major or concentration in accounting; Entry-level position.
• Experience: No specific years of experience required. Requires strong verbal and written communication skills, accuracy in dealing with information, and the ability to flex to workload as deadlines approach.
• Skills: Well-rounded knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and auditing standards; working knowledge of Federal and state income tax laws and regulations; ability to prepare tax returns and financial statements; proficiency in using available firm resources.
• Bonus: Currently working towards completing the CPA exam.