Assurance Associate - Fall 2026 (Madison)
BDO USA is a leading accounting and advisory firm dedicated to delivering exceptional services. The Assurance Associate will be responsible for preparing financial statements, applying GAAP, and assessing control systems while ensuring compliance with professional standards.
Responsibilities
- Applies knowledge and understanding of the collective effect of various factors on establishing or enhancing effectiveness, or mitigating the risks, of specific policies and procedures by:
- Identifying and considering all applicable policies, laws, rules, and regulations of the firm, regulators, or other authoritative bodies as part of engagement team
- Making constructive suggestions to improve client internal controls and accounting procedures
- Documenting and validating the operating effectiveness of the clients’ internal control system
- Applies knowledge and understanding of governing principles; applying these principles to client transactions; and documenting and communicating an understanding and application of these principles by:
- Providing support of conclusions with authoritative literature
- Drafting basic sets of financial statements with disclosures
- Researching intermediate areas of accounting and forming an initial opinion on the correct treatment independently
- Applies knowledge and understanding of professional standards; application of the principles contained in professional standards; and the ability to document and communicate an understanding and application of professional standards on an engagement by:
- Developing and applying an intermediate knowledge of auditing theory, a sense of audit skepticism, and the use of BDO audit manuals
- Applying auditing theory to various client situations
- Documenting in line with BDO policy, identifying deviations and notifying more senior team members in order to obtain appropriate approvals
- Applying knowledge to identify instances where testing may be reduced or expanded and notifying more senior team members of the occurrence
- Contributing ideas/opinions to the engagement teams
- Applies knowledge and application of BDO standards to guide effective and efficient delivery of quality services and products by:
- Completing all appropriate documentation of BDO work papers
- Ensuring assigned work is performed in accordance with BDO methodology and requirements
- Applies methodology used to seek or maintain information from authoritative sources and to draw conclusions regarding a target issue based on the information by:
- Researching basic and intermediate accounting topics and forming an initial opinion on the treatment independently
- Other duties as required
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Statistics, required OR Bachelor's degree in other focus area and CPA certification, required
- Eligible to sit for the CPA exams upon starting employment, required
- Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite, required
- Ability and willingness to travel, as needed, required
- Master's in Accountancy
- Leadership experience
- Accounting based internship
- Actively pursuing completion of CPA exams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to follow instructions as directed
- Ability to work effectively in a team setting
- Takes appropriate actions without being asked
- Basic understanding and experience planning and coordinating the stages to perform an audit of a basic public and/or private company
Benefits
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Flexibility and opportunities for advancement
- Comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits
- Annual allocation to the ESOP is fully funded by BDO through investments in company stock
- Grants employees the chance to grow their wealth over time as their shares vest and grow in value with the firm’s success
Company Overview
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