Job Description

📊 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.