Audit Senior Associate, Strategic Growth Delivery Center - Asset Management (Remote or Hybrid Opportunity)

The Strategic Audit Growth Delivery Center is our integrated national delivery center focused on leveraging advanced technology and various delivery channels to deliver end-to-end audit services to one of the fastest-growing areas of our Audit practice. Acting as one of our strategic growth engines, the Alternative Investment Fund practice in our Asset Management & Private Equity sector is expected to grow at a rate that outpaces the market.

Our Asset Management team deploys actionable solutions that affect our core growth strategy and transformational service delivery center. Professionals enjoy a virtual/remote working environment with flexible work schedules, an opportunity to be central to an initiative that will have high visibility with the most senior levels of leadership in the firm, and the chance to rotate into our core audit practice.

KPMG is currently seeking an Audit Senior Associate to join this rapidly growing area of our Audit practice.

Responsibilities:

• Execute the day-to-day audit engagements activities as a lead senior associate directing both onshore and offshore resources to deliver end-to-end audits to our private fund sponsors in accordance with relevant regulatory and professional auditing and assurance standards
• Conduct overall supervision of end-to-end workflow while identifying and communicating potential issues and opportunities for audit efficiencies and process improvement to Managers and Partners
• Partner with senior levels of leadership in the firm
• Use emerging technologies including Audit Automation Tools, with a focus on developing future state audit procedures 
• Support the design and execution of an engagement's audit approach and procedures in accordance with relevant regulatory professional auditing and assurance standards, and applicable firm guidance and KPMG methodology
• Stay current on developments in accounting literature, including those specific to Asset Management & Private Equity clients

Qualifications:

• Minimum two years of current and/or recent audit experience in public accounting with demonstrated supervisory experience
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
• Eligible to sit for the CPA exam in the state of your home office and must meet minimum educational requirements for the CPA licensure
• Applied working knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and accounting procedures
• Ability to meet challenging client requirements along with strong communication, interpersonal, analytical skills, and research abilities
• Experience in the Asset Management & Private Equity Sector, and Significant fund audit experience preferred but not a prerequisite

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