Audit Manager
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC; North Carolina
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Category
- Finance
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license
- • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- • 6+ years of experience applying audit methodologies and techniques within public accounting
- • In-depth foundational knowledge of U.S. GAAP
- • Experience performing auto dealership audits
- • Experience in-charging engagements
- • Experience supervising, training, and mentoring staff
- • Strong communication skills, with the ability to build and manage relationships internally and externally
- • Strong project management and organizational skills
- • Willingness to travel to client sites
- • Excellent work ethic and a sense of humor are a must!
Nice to have
- • Auto Dealerships audit experience
- • Construction and/or employee benefit plan audit experience
Full description
Who We AreAbout Ascend
Backed by private equity from people-focused Alpine Investors, Ascend is building a dynamic platform for regional accounting firms that enables them to stay independent while accessing the resources of a Top 25 firm to help them grow. Ascend provides access to growth capital, robust talent acquisition and training, leading quality management resources, best-of-breed technology, AI tools, an offshore captive, shared back-office services, a catalytic leadership system, and modernized equity incentives so that firms can surmount today’s industry challenges to reach their full potential.
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About Blackman & Sloop
At Blackman & Sloop, we hire great people and give them a great place to work. We listen to what our employees value, and being a local firm gives us the advantage of flexibility. Our secret to retaining staff is a positive culture, strong community involvement, and a dedication to constantly increasing our competencies. We are a two-office firm, with locations in Chapel Hill and Greensboro, and approximately 45 full-time staff.
For 8 years, we’ve been honored as one of Accounting Today’s “Best Accounting Firms to Work For”! We’ve also been recognized by Business North Carolina as one of the “Best Employers in North Carolina” list for multiple years. Most recently, we are proud to have received the Best Companies Group award for Best Accounting Firms for Women in Chapel Hill.
As an independent member of the BDO Alliance, we have access to the resources of BDO USA, LLP, the world's 5th largest accounting and consulting firm. Additionally in May 2024, we made the strategic decision to join Ascend to usher us in our next stage of growth.
The Role
Blackman & Sloop is excited to welcome a new industry to our client base. As we expand into the auto dealership space, we are seeking an Audit Manager to join our team — a role with an emphasis on serving dealership clients, alongside the opportunity to work across a wide range of other industries, including non-profit, construction, small business, manufacturing, medical, real estate, retail, hospitality, and education.
As an Audit Manager, you will plan and execute assurance engagements, guide staff through the work, and own the day-to-day client relationships in your portfolio. You will serve as the communication channel among staff, clients, and firm leadership — setting expectations at the start of each engagement, monitoring progress against budgets and due dates, and delivering a consistently high-quality work product.
Room to grow. Our dealership practice is new, and the person in this seat will help shape how we serve it — building the methodology, the client relationships, and the bench of staff behind it, with a clear path toward Senior Manager for someone who wants it.