Audit Manager

Twin Cities' based, Olsen Thielen & Co., Ltd., a progressive 100+ year-old company with offices in Roseville and Eden Prairie, MN is currently seeking an experienced Audit Manager to join our team. If you are ready to advance your career and join an incredible team, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Our firm has a long-standing reputation built on our guiding principles of integrity, independence, continued improvement, and professional excellence. We take great pride in our people and focus on recruiting and retaining the best staff possible. Our people are our greatest asset, and we work hard with each employee, to fully realize their potential. Olsen Thielen will provide you with training, coaching, and the professional development necessary to succeed. If you want to partner with a firm that will work with you to grow and excel in your career, Olsen Thielen is the place for you!

Essential Functions:

• Acts as in-charge or leads in audits, review, and compilation engagements, including providing feedback, reviewing workpapers and financial statements; provides work direction and prepares performance evaluations of staff on engagements.
• Prepares and reviews projections and completes other complex accounting special projects, conducts research as required and forms conclusions to be reviewed by appropriate team members (e.g. Principal, Manager, Associates).
• Manages engagement to meet deliverable deadlines; identifies roadblocks and understands critical milestones to meet client service expectations.
• Possesses an understanding of the client's business and industry (e.g. competitors, trends and key customers); recognizes, anticipates and resolves client issues and makes recommendations
• Delegates properly based on risk, engagement status, and staff development opportunities, ensuring that team members have the growth opportunities to advance to the next level.
• Markets Firm services to existing and potential clients; meets business development goals
• Actively participates in client meetings and audit planning efforts.
• Manages, trains, coaches and may be a Career Advisor to staff; prepares performance evaluations
• Meets productivity and efficiency standards (billable hours).

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
• 4 or more years of accounting experience
• CPA certification
• Experience and skills in coaching, mentoring, and providing work direction to staff.
• Well-rounded knowledge of accounting standards
• Solid, working knowledge of audit software programs (Pro Systems fx Engagement, Microsoft Office)
• Excellent communication (oral and written) skills
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical abilities to identify exceptions
• Demonstrated marketing, business development skills
• Well-rounded knowledge of accounting standards

Olsen Thielen is an Equal Opportunity Employer