Baker Tilly US India | Assurance Senior Associate

Responsibilities

• Oversee staff on pre-audit planning and field work for engagements, reviewing client accounting and operating procedures.
• Research technical issues that arise during the course of engagements.
• Create draft audit reports for management review.
• Assist Managers and Partners in preparing risk assessment and developing audit plan programs.
• Build relationships with existing clients, including involvement in networking.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and contribute towards implementing them.
• Perform testing and planning to support an audit opinion, including preparing supporting work paper documentation in more complex areas, performing internal control and substantive testing, conducting analytical reviews of account balances, and preparing financial statements

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1.5 years of related experience (in US Assurance preferred).
• Previous experience in a public accounting firm preferred.
• Experience in managing multiple client engagements at the same time.
• Strong analytical and report writing skills required.
• Comprehensive understanding of data analysis techniques.
• Creative problem solving and research skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven track record of being a fast learner.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Baker Tilly US, LLP

The firm's roots in the United States go back to 1931, when it began as Virchow, Krause & Company, and the current partnership was organised in 1953. It joined Baker Tilly International in 1999 and took the Baker Tilly name in 2009. It has since grown through mergers with ParenteBeard in 2014 and Squar Milner in 2020, among others. Baker Tilly provides audit and assurance, tax, and advisory services, with a CPA firm handling attest work and a separate advisory group handling tax and consulting. In 2023 it formed a joint venture with the Indian firm Pierian Services, called BT Pierian, to add service delivery capacity in India across assurance, advisory and managed services.

The openings are mostly in Bengaluru, with some roles in Gurugram and Kochi. US tax roles at manager and senior manager level ask for CPA, CA or an Enrolled Agent certification. Assurance and internal audit roles prefer CA, CPA or CIA. Other postings cover accounting advisory, transaction advisory, business valuation, corporate finance advisory, FP&A, treasury, cash applications, billing, private equity fund services and managed accounting services. Roles run from associate to senior manager, and the accounting advisory roles in Gurugram ask for CA, CPA or ACCA.

• Industry: Accounting, tax, assurance and advisory services, including managed accounting services
• Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States (U.S. member firm of Baker Tilly International)
• In India: BT Pierian, a joint venture with the Indian firm Pierian Services formed in 2023; finance and accounting roles in Bengaluru, Gurugram and Kochi