Audit Manager - Not for Profit

Audit Manager – Not-for-Profit

New York | Hybrid – 2 Days in Office

We are partnered with an established CPA firm looking to add an Audit Manager to its Not-for-Profit practice.

The firm offers a flexible hybrid setup, with employees expected to be in the office 2 days per week.

This position is suited to someone who has built genuine expertise auditing 501(c)(3) public charities and has worked with a broad range of nonprofit organizations.

A key requirement is experience beyond organizations that are predominantly government or grant funded. The team is particularly interested in someone who understands the more complex areas of nonprofit financial reporting, including investment portfolios and endowment funds.

The Role

As an Audit Manager, you'll take ownership of nonprofit audit engagements from planning through completion, working directly with clients while overseeing and developing members of the audit team.

You'll be responsible for:

• Managing audit engagements for 501(c)(3) public charities and other nonprofit organizations


• Leading engagements from planning and risk assessment through fieldwork and completion


• Auditing investment portfolios, investment income and related financial statement activity


• Working with organizations that maintain endowment funds


• Reviewing the accounting and presentation of donor-restricted and board-designated funds


• Reviewing financial statements and related disclosures


• Assessing internal controls and identifying areas of audit risk


• Developing and reviewing audit procedures based on the organization's risk profile


• Reviewing work prepared by Seniors and Staff


• Managing engagement timelines, budgets and deliverables


• Acting as a key point of contact for clients


• Working closely with Partners on technical matters and complex engagements


• Coaching and developing junior members of the audit team

What We're Looking For

Ideally, you'll have:

• 5+ years of public accounting audit experience


• Strong experience auditing 501(c)(3) public charities


• Experience auditing organizations with investments and endowment funds


• A solid understanding of audit risk assessments


• Strong knowledge of nonprofit financial statements and financial statement preparation


• Experience planning and managing audit engagements


• Strong understanding of GAAP and relevant nonprofit accounting requirements


• Experience reviewing the work of junior team members


• Confidence communicating directly with clients and senior stakeholders


• CPA or progress toward CPA qualification preferred

The Experience That Will Stand Out

We're particularly interested in candidates who have worked with nonprofit organizations with more complex balance sheets and funding structures.

This could include experience across:

Endowment Funds | Investment Portfolios | Donor-Restricted Assets | Contributions & Gifts | Multiple Revenue Streams | Complex Financial Statement Disclosures

Candidates whose nonprofit experience has been focused predominantly on government-funded organizations may not have had sufficient exposure to investments and endowments, so direct experience in these areas will be particularly important.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join an established nonprofit practice where you'll work with a varied client portfolio and take responsibility for more technically interesting engagements.

You'll have direct access to senior leadership, responsibility for your own client relationships and the opportunity to continue progressing within the firm's Not-for-Profit practice.

Hybrid working – just 2 days per week in the office.

If you're currently an Audit Manager or experienced Audit Senior/Supervisor with strong 501(c)(3) experience and have worked with investments and endowment funds, we'd be interested in speaking with you.