📊 Audit Assistant (Accounting, Reconciliations, GAAP/IFRS) – Remote | U.S. Hours
Position Type: Full-Time, Remote
Working Hours: U.S. Business Hours
🚀 About the Role
We’re hiring a detail-oriented Audit Assistant to support internal and external audits, financial reconciliations, compliance reporting, and audit-ready documentation.
This is not a passive administrative role.
You’ll play a key role in:
- audit preparation and support
- account reconciliations
- financial data validation
- compliance and internal controls
- maintaining organized audit documentation
You’ll work closely with:
- accounting teams
- finance leadership
- external auditors
- operations teams
to ensure financial records remain accurate, compliant, and audit-ready.
If you are highly organized, analytical, and strong with reconciliations and financial documentation, this role is a strong fit.
🔥 What You’ll Own
Audit Preparation & Documentation
- Prepare and organize:
- PBC (Prepared By Client) schedules
- audit support files
- reconciliations
- transaction documentation
- Gather supporting documents including:
- invoices
- contracts
- bank records
- journal entries
- financial reports
- Maintain clean, structured, and audit-ready documentation systems
- Track outstanding audit requests and follow-ups
Reconciliations & Financial Verification
- Perform reconciliations across:
- bank accounts
- accounts payable
- accounts receivable
- general ledger balances
- Investigate and explain variances or discrepancies
- Validate financial data accuracy and completeness
- Support month-end and year-end audit preparation
Audit Testing & Internal Controls
- Assist with:
- audit walkthroughs
- sample testing
- control verification
- Support SOX and compliance-related testing where applicable
- Document findings, risks, and inconsistencies
- Escalate discrepancies or missing information proactively
Compliance & Regulatory Support
- Ensure compliance with:
- GAAP
- IFRS
- internal accounting policies
- Support regulatory and external audit requirements
- Help maintain accurate audit trails and supporting schedules
- Assist in improving internal controls and audit processes
Reporting & Collaboration
- Prepare audit progress updates and status reports
- Coordinate with:
- finance teams
- accounting teams
- HR
- operations
- external auditors
- Maintain clear communication regarding deadlines and audit requests
- Help ensure audit deliverables are completed accurately and on time
💻 Must-Have Requirements
Experience
- 1–2+ years of experience in:
- audit support
- accounting
- finance
- reconciliations
- compliance support
Core Skills
- Strong proficiency with:
- Excel
- Google Sheets
- Pivot Tables
- VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
- reconciliations
- financial tracking
- Familiarity with accounting systems such as:
- QuickBooks
- NetSuite
- SAP
- Oracle
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent attention to detail and documentation accuracy
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and audit requests simultaneously
⭐ Nice to Have
- Bachelor’s degree in:
- Accounting
- Finance
- related field
- Exposure to:
- SOX
- PCAOB
- internal audit processes
- compliance frameworks
- Experience supporting external auditors
- Familiarity with:
- COSO
- ISO controls
- audit documentation systems
🧠 What Makes You a Strong Fit
- You are highly detail-oriented and process-driven
- You enjoy organizing and validating financial data
- You can identify discrepancies quickly and accurately
- You work well under deadlines and structured workflows
- You communicate clearly with auditors and internal teams
- You take ownership of accuracy and documentation quality
📅 What a Typical Day Looks Like
- Prepare audit schedules and supporting documentation
- Reconcile accounts and investigate variances
- Respond to audit requests from internal and external auditors
- Update audit trackers and maintain documentation logs
- Support control testing and compliance checks
- Coordinate with accounting and finance teams for missing information
- Maintain organized audit files and reporting records
In short:
You help ensure financial records are accurate, compliant, organized, and fully audit-ready.
📊 Key Metrics for Success (KPIs)
- Timely completion of audit requests and reconciliations
- Accuracy of financial documentation and reporting
- Reduction in audit findings caused by missing or incorrect data
- Well-organized and audit-ready records
- Strong responsiveness during audit cycles
- Positive feedback from auditors and finance leadership
🌟 Why This Role Stands Out
- Strong exposure to accounting, audit, and compliance operations
- Opportunity to work closely with finance leadership and auditors
- High-impact role supporting financial accuracy and compliance
- Structured workflows with clear operational ownership
- Opportunity to grow into:
- Staff Accountant
- Senior Audit Associate
- Compliance Analyst
- Financial Reporting roles
- Fully remote role with U.S.-aligned collaboration
🧪 Interview Process
- Initial Screening Call
- Recruiter Interview
- Practical Assessment (reconciliations + audit documentation scenario)
- Client Interview
- Offer & Onboarding
👉 Apply Now
If you:
- thrive in detail-oriented financial environments
- enjoy reconciliations and audit preparation
- are highly organized and process-driven
- care deeply about accuracy and compliance
this role is a strong fit for you.
