Meet This Firm: Armanino LLP

Posted on June 28, 2016March 13, 2017 by Accountingfly

Meet This Firm is a series of video interviews featuring the best accounting employers across the United States for high performing accounting professionals and CPAs. Please enjoy this sponsored post courtesy of Armanino LLP, an Accountingfly Firm Partner. Contact Judy Schryver to learn more about firm partnerships.

“Everyone at Armanino can write their own story. They just have to be willing to write.”

It’s true. Armanino, with offices in CA, OR and IL, is that rare firm where the Managing Partner, Andy Armanino, believes great ideas don’t have to come from the top and staff should have the opportunity to explore different service areas and niches. To prove it, he initiated a Staff Advisory Board to solve real firm issues while helping to empower the staff. The board’s members are self-nominated and then elected by their peers. Members come from all practice areas and locations.

Sean Taylor, a tax senior who has been with the firm for three years, is a Board member. He recently had the opportunity to star in the firm’s hilarious video announcing that employees can wear clean and professional jeans to the office every day of the week.

“It was awesome,” he said. “I felt like a movie star.”

The video had a real message, but part of the reason it resonated so well is because it fit right in with the firm’s culture. Its sense of fun echoes the firm’s focus on its people. “It’s all part of the whole person. We’re all whole people, with personal and professional lives that have to mesh together in a fulfilling way.”

That belief is at the core of the firm’s central philosophy. The powers that be at Armanino look for what people do well and they help to nurture those skills and talents. “Most people have things they do really well and other things they’re not so good at. Here, strengths are celebrated and the not-so-good isn’t emphasized,” said Sean.

This approach allows the firm to work together as a team. “I’m planning to be here for the foreseeable future,” Sean affirmed. “In fact, I joked with Andy at a Staff Advisory Board meeting that I’d like his job some day.” It takes a special firm for a senior to feel comfortable saying that to a managing partner.

Click here to see all current job opportunities with Armanino. And to learn more about this great firm, watch our interview with Sean Taylor below!

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Job of the Day: RBC Needs a Senior Audit Manager

GoingConcern
May 3, 2010

RBC is looking for a Senior Audit Manager to lead a team to provide independent risk assessment and evaluation of the effectiveness of risk management practices, internal control and corporate governance processes in the Capital Markets Finance areas

Requirements include a CA or equivalent, an accounting degree and experience working in financial services with an in-depth knowledge of both U.S. and Canadian GAAP. This position is located in New York.

Company: RBC

Title: Senior Audit Manager

Location: New York, NY

Description: In support of the Senior Manager, Capital Markets Finance, provide independent, objective risk assessment and evaluation of the effectiveness of risk management practices, internal control and corporate governance processes in the Capital Markets Finance areas. Work with management in achieving business objectives by creating solutions to improve business operations, while remaining objective and independent. Key stakeholders include senior management, external auditors, and regulators. Results ultimately impact shareholders, employees and customers. Engagement is defined as a specific assignment, task, or review activity, such as: an internal audit, design review, fraud examination, or consultancy. An engagement may include multiple tasks or activities designed to accomplish a specific set of related objectives.

Responsibilities: Leadership/People Management – Lead a team of senior managers and professional auditors responsible for complex and large engagements in terms of product, location or client relation. – Direct, counsel, and instruct staff assigned to the engagement and review audit plan, findings and reports for sufficient scope and for accuracy. – Provide leadership, coaching, performance management and personal development support. – Ensure that we have competent and sufficient engagement resources, with relevant skill sets to meet each audit and our annual plan. – Raise the technical knowledge of the group through various courses, seminars and in-house training in the areas Capital Markets Finance and related risk management framework, compliance and audit techniques. – Back up for primary Senior Relationship Manager Audit & Planning – In concert with Senior Manager, Capital Markets Finance develops the annual Audit Plan for Capital Markets Finance ensuring that audits confirm to regulatory and internal audit requirements – Provide input and participate in the IAS strategic planning process.

Qualifications/Skills: In depth knowledge of business and key functions of Capital Markets Finance – Project Management – Proficient in auditing principles and techniques – Must have the ability to quickly understand the risks associated with new services and/or routines, products and to formulate practical audit procedures to adequately monitor new risk and ensure adherence to limits. – A understanding of management principles that enable recognition and evaluation of materiality and significant deviations from good management practices – In-depth knowledge of US and Cdn GAAP, complex accounting, auditing standards, business processes – Minimum 10-15 years banking/audit experience.

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