Portland Assurance Senior Associate in Portland, Oregon For Sale

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC is the world's leading network of audit and assurance firms our clients include almost half of the Fortune 500. Our leading edge audit approach focused on quality is designed to meet the needs of private companies to large organizations. The PwC audit is underpinned by our deep industry knowledge, wide international experience and global network of skilled professionals. As a member of our Core Audit Team, you will: > examine financial and accounting records, other documents, and tangible items such as plant and equipment or watching certain processes or procedures being performed > ask a range of questions from formal written questions to informal oral questions of a range of individuals at the organization > obtain written confirmations of a certain matters; for example, asking a debtor to confirm the amount of their debt with the organization > test some of the organization's internal controls > make judgments on significant estimates or assumptions that management made when they prepared the financial report Our auditors maintain independence from management and directors so that the tests and judgments are made objectively. PwC is a leader in serving the retail and consumer products industry. Among the most recognized universe of industry companies, the Global Fortune 500, we audit 39% of consumer products companies and 23% of the world's retailers for a combined share of 28%. This strength allows us to understand the issues our clients are facing across the entire supply chain, from sourcing to manufacture, from retail to final sale. We have a global practice over 8,000 Retail and Consumer industry professionals worldwide. We have specialists in virtually every corner of the globe addressing issues of critical importance to Retail and Consumer industry and our clients. Our practice segments, retail and consumer, have been combined within the Firm in order to better serve clients with similar issues and opportunities and in order to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and the delivery of world-class client service. Additionally, we have segmented our overall practice into several large categories to achieve these previously mentioned objectives. Within Retail, we focus on retail grocery, specialty retailers, mass merchandisers and quick service restaurants. On the consumer side, we focus on food, beverage and household products. As a result, our professionals are exposed to business and technical accounting issues faced by a number of similar companies in addition to being exposed to business issues across the entire supply chain from working in a combined retail and consumer industry practice unit. Position/Program Requirements Knowledge Preferred: Considerable knowledge of public accounting audit practices and procedures. Considerable knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (U.S. GAAP, United States Generally Accepted Accounting Standards (U.S. GAAS and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB standards. Thorough knowledge of first level review of basic audit work reports produced by associates. Skills Preferred: Demonstrates thorough technical skills regarding applicable accounting and reporting standards in researching, completing and reviewing audit areas; working experience designing engagement procedures based on risk, materiality and discussions with the engagement team. Demonstrates some knowledge of the Consumer and Retail industry. Minimum Years of Experience Necessary: 3 Minimum Degree(s and Certification(s Required: BA or BS in Accounting or business related field (provided that the candidate has demonstrated the required minimum number of hours for CPA licensure per respective state regulations CPA exam must be passed for promotion to senior associate, licensure preferred