Senior Manager, Assurance - Financial Markets (Digital Assets, Lending, Capital Markets, Insurance)

About the role

RSM is looking for an Assurance Senior Manager to join its growing national Financial Markets service line, which serves clients across digital assets (cryptocurrency), lending (banking and specialty finance), capital markets and broker deals, and insurance. The role is based in Toronto and involves leading multiple audit engagements and acting as a trusted business advisor to clients.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate the audit of financial statements, related disclosures and other client deliverables, and assess risks to design and communicate audit procedures to engagement teams
• Manage multiple engagements, oversee engagement status and milestones, and review the work of Senior Associates, Supervisors and Managers, giving coaching notes
• Identify technical accounting matters early, coordinate with firm specialists, and review work product and resource needs
• Maintain client relationships throughout the year, give business advice, and build deeper understanding of clients' goals and strategies
• Facilitate training, advise on career development, and share insights from industry publications with clients
• Manage project profitability, anticipate client concerns, and escalate issues as they arise
• Build a strategy to use external relationships with centres of influence to drive business growth, and discuss opportunities to introduce clients to other parts of the firm
• Stay up to date on GAAP and firm standards, and commit to ongoing professional development

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or another discipline
• Active CPA (or equivalent certification)
• 9+ years of recent assurance experience in a public accounting environment with extensive exposure to external audits
• Proven experience leading multiple audit engagements from planning through completion, including scope, timeline and budget management
• Proven client relationship and business development experience
• Leadership and mentoring skills, with support of audit staff through the manager level
• Willingness to travel 10% of the year depending on clients, and to work extended or non-standard hours during peak periods

Required skills

• Technical proficiency in accounting and auditing standards, including GAAP, CASs or other regulatory requirements
• Application of risk-based audit methodology, control testing, substantive procedures and financial statement review
• Clear communication with firm personnel and clients, and strong business judgment and ethics

What we offer

• Compensation range of $99,000 - $182,000, with eligibility for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance
• A competitive benefits and compensation package
• Most roles follow a hybrid workstyle, with some roles virtual or primarily on-site depending on requirements