Audit Manager - Construction Services at Horne LLP in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Job Description:

If your career interests including being a trusted business advisor, community leader, mentor and progressive business professional, then you’ve found the right place. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established and fast growing public accounting firm as an Audit Manager to lead and grow with your career! Team members are passionate about working here because, while we are skilled, experienced and ambitious professionals, our environment remains flexible, friendly, and fun! We are offering relocation benefits including travel and relocation stipend in addition to competitive pay! If this sounds like a firm you want to be a part of, you can apply right now!

Your daily impact will require:

• Implementing project management and work flows methods for timeliness, accuracy, quality, and compliance, while committing to professional standards


• Building relationships with clients throughout the year; must possess a thorough knowledge of the client and all facets of client’s business


• Maintaining familiarity with qualifications of all staff members, and reviewing staff assignments for appropriateness.


• Monitoring time budgets


• Supervising staff and providing on-the-job training; reviewing workpapers and reports prepared by staff


• Anticipating problem areas and questions that will arise during the course of a project.


• Collaborating with Partners to keep informed of all-important developments; analyzing problems and recommending solutions


• Ensuring that financial statements are prepared in accordance with professional and Firm standards.


• Communicating progress of projects, problems, and resolutions to client


• Developing responsible, trained staff by assisting in performance evaluations


• Contributing insights and innovative ideas based on hard and soft trends in clients’ industry


• Recruiting top talent through team member advocacy by building your personal brand and communicating the firm’s mission, vision and values


• Accepting responsibility for accuracy of data entry, accumulation, and maintenance in all aspects of what we do as an accounting and consulting Firm.


• Collaborating with Performance Advisor to learn proper delegation and management of workload and demonstrates ability to properly delegate and manage workload.


• Promoting an environment of continual learning, while growing your own leadership and interpersonal skills

Tools you’ll need in your toolbox:

• Typically five (5) to seven (7) years’ experience in public accounting or consulting, demonstrating a progression in complexity and number of projects managed


• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Accounting, or degree appropriate to practice area


• Current and valid CPA license is required. Must be a member in good standing with the AICPA and respective state societies


• Demonstrated ability to develop new business for the Firm


• Proficiency in use of computers and computer accounting software, or software appropriate to practice group


• Gain thorough understanding of HORNE's existing clients and develop rapport with those clients


• Actively participate in HORNE community involvement programs

The firm you’ll be joining is a decidedly different CPA-led business advisory firm.  We are changing expectations by elevating client experiences to strategic and anticipatory versus historical.  HORNE goes beyond traditional accounting to collaborate, advise and align with clients to transform rapid change and uncertainties into opportunities for growth and profitability.  We are a team that focuses on reaching our full potential, rewarding high performance, and prioritizing leadership development for every team member. 

We focus our industry knowledge and experience in banking, construction, franchise, government, healthcare and public and middle market companies.   These companies trust HORNE for service-based insights. Focused on the causes of complexity, we help clients establish the agility necessary to take advantage of opportunities, maintain growth, keep costs at bay, and maximize returns.