Life Sciences Audit Manager

<div class="content-intro"><p></p> <p><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Withum is a place where talent thrives - where who you are matters.&nbsp;It’s a place of endless opportunities for growth. A place where entrepreneurial energy plus inclusive teamwork equals exponential results.</span></p> <p>Explore different industries. Learn new skills. Connect with our diverse teams of professionals to gain insight into the career you envision. Your Career Starts with You.</p> <p><strong>Experience the Transformative Power of Withum Plus You - that’s the Power in the Plus!</strong></p> <p></p></div><p>Come join our world class service team. Withum is seeking a Manager to join our fast growing and well established national firm. This position requires an experienced Assurance professional with strong interpersonal and supervisory skills and knowledge of the Life Science and SEC space.</p> <p>Our Life Sciences practice serves public and private clients, including growth oriented, private equity and venture backed companies and provides tremendous career opportunities in an environment of the highest ethical standards and professionalism. We are committed to practicing work/life balance, a culture you can thrive in and offer extremely competitive salary and benefit packages.</p> <p>How You'll Spend Your Time:</p> <ul> <li>Lead the engagement team staff on the planning and execution of an audit engagement to effectively and efficiently provide world-class client service</li> <li>Oversee the day-to-day operations of the audit engagement from staffing, planning, risk assessment, fieldwork, financial reporting and the conclusion</li> <li>Provide supervision, training and support to the engagement staff and promote open communication to the engagement manager and partner</li> <li>Collaborate with managers and partners on client issue resolution and make recommendations for operational or internal control improvements to the client</li> <li>Manage multiple engagements concurrently with various teams to efficiently meet client deadlines</li> <li>Create and track engagement budgets to review for inefficiencies that may arise during the audit and maintain profitable realization rates</li> <li>Review and evaluate work papers, and determine compliance with professional standards and firm policy</li> <li>Review reports and financial statements, as well as SEC filings</li> <li>Review with the engagement partner significant findings that raise questions involving auditing standards and firm policy</li> <li>Manage risk and ensure quality control procedures are being executed</li> <li>Be involved in practice development and supervision of multiple engagements</li> <li>