Audit Assistant

**Job Title**: Audit Assistant
**Position Type**: Full-Time, Remote
**Working Hours**: U.S. client business hours (with flexibility during audit cycles and filing deadlines)
**About the Role**:
Our client is seeking an Audit Assistant to support internal and external audit engagements. This role involves preparing schedules, reconciling accounts, maintaining audit-ready records, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal standards. The Audit Assistant plays a critical role in accuracy and transparency, helping auditors verify financial statements and controls.

**Responsibilities**:Audit Preparation**:

- Compile and organize PBC (Prepared By Client) schedules for auditors.
- Gather supporting documentation for transactions, contracts, and reconciliations.
- Maintain organized, accessible audit files (digital and/or physical).

**Testing & Verification**:

- Assist in walkthroughs and control testing.
- Verify supporting data for sample selections requested by auditors.
- Reconcile account balances and ensure variance explanations are documented.

**Compliance & Controls**:

- Ensure compliance with GAAP/IFRS standards and internal policies.
- Support SOX testing and other regulatory requirements if applicable.
- Document findings and escalate discrepancies to managers.

**Collaboration**:

- Work with accounting, finance, HR, and operations teams to gather records.
- Partner with external auditors during fieldwork, responding to requests in a timely manner.

**Reporting & Documentation**:

- Prepare audit status reports for management.
- Maintain logs of outstanding requests and follow-ups.
- Assist in drafting recommendations for improving internal controls.

**What Makes You a Perfect Fit**:

- Highly detail-oriented and accurate.
- Strong organizational and documentation skills.
- Comfortable working with confidential and sensitive data.
- Able to balance deadlines and multiple audit requests simultaneously.

**Required Experience & Skills (Minimum)**:

- 1-2 years experience in audit support, accounting, or finance.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets (pivot tables, vlookups, reconciliations).
- Familiarity with accounting software (QuickBooks, NetSuite, SAP, or Oracle).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

**Ideal Experience & Skills**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- Exposure to SOX, PCAOB, or industry-specific compliance standards.
- Experience supporting external auditors in public accounting or internal audit teams.
- Knowledge of risk management and internal control frameworks (COSO, ISO).

What Does a Typical Day Look Like?
An Audit Assistant’s day revolves around collecting, organizing, and verifying data for audit teams. You will:

- Start by reviewing the audit request list, prioritizing urgent items.
- Prepare reconciliations and schedules to support financial statement balances.
- Respond to auditor requests, pulling invoices, contracts, and transaction details.
- Assist in control testing, documenting walkthroughs or providing evidence of compliance.
- Update audit trackers to monitor open requests and deadlines.
- Wrap up by summarizing progress, escalating outstanding issues, and preparing documents for the next day.

**In essence**: you ensure audits are efficient, accurate, and fully supported with audit-ready documentation.
**Key Metrics for Success (KPIs)**:

- % of audit requests fulfilled on time.
- Accuracy of reconciliations and schedules prepared.
- Zero material audit findings due to missing documentation.
- Positive feedback from auditors and finance managers.
- Organized, audit-ready files maintained year-round.

**Interview Process**:

- Initial Phone Screen
- Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter
- Practical Task (e.g., reconcile a sample account or prepare a mock audit schedule)
- Client Interview with Audit/Finance Leadership
- Offer & Background Verification