About Frazier & Deeter
Frazier & Deeter (FD) is an award-winning accounting & advisory firm. FD and our family of brands serve clients worldwide, from the Fortune Global 500 companies to growing small businesses. Frazier & Deeter cultivates a growth mindset and instils in our people the belief that we must be adaptive and entrepreneurial, and we make a difference for our clients and each other. We focus on our brand promise of Investing in Relationships to Make a Difference.
FD offers a full range of tax, audit, accounting, and advisory services through our offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Nashville, Alpharetta, and Tampa, in addition to London and India. We have been recognized repeatedly as a Top 50 firm, a Best of the Best Accounting firm, a Best Firm to Work For® and a Best Firm for Women in Leadership.
FD recently opened its own entity in India to support our expanding international and cross-border client base. We are not your typical firm of accountants and we like doing things differently. Our team members have the opportunity to be involved in global consulting and advisory client facing roles in a fast growing and exciting new business in India, which is part of our established and highly regarded accountancy firms in the US and UK.
About the Role
The Advisory Assistant Manager oversees the planning and execution of multiple IT audit and SOC reporting engagements. This role involves managing project teams, maintaining client relationships, and ensuring high-quality deliverables across IT governance, cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance engagements. The Assistant Manager will also support business development initiatives and staff mentoring.
Responsibilities
- Lead engagement planning, scoping, and risk assessment discussions with client stakeholders.
- Assess IT General Controls (ITGC) and IT Application Controls (ITAC) across major ERP systems like SAP and Oracle.
- Supervise and review ITGC, IT application control, and cybersecurity control testing.
- Deeply understand, execute audit, and optimize core enterprise / business processes: Order-to-Cash (O2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Record-to-Report (R2R), Hire-to-Retire (H2R) and Inventory & Logistics.
- Lead detailed process walkthroughs, control testing, and documentation for assurance and internal audit engagements.
- Manage multiple SOC report, IT internal audit, and risk advisory engagements simultaneously.
- Ensure compliance with PCAOB, AICPA, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) standards in engagement execution.
- Review workpapers, reports, and recommendations to ensure quality and accuracy.
- Identify improvement opportunities in clients' control environments and governance structures.
- Guide and mentor staff, providing technical direction and performance feedback.
- Build strong client relationships, proactively addressing expectations and queries.
- Contribute to internal process improvement, methodology enhancement, and knowledge sharing.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, Computer Science, IT, or a related field. Relevant certifications such as CPA, CA, ACCA, or CISA are highly preferred.
- Experience: Typically, 5 to 7+ years of relevant Big-4/Industry or equivalent professional experience in external audit, SOX implementation, or IT auditing.
- Skills: Strong working knowledge of audit software, advanced MS Office (especially PowerPoint for presenting insights), and excellent project management skills
- SSAE 18 / SOC 1 / SOC 2
- Sarbanes-Oxley and PCAOB requirements
- IT risk assessment / operational IT audit
- COBIT framework, PCI-DSS, Information security / cyber frameworks (ISO 27000, NIST, AICPA, etc.), HIPAA
What FD offers
- Competitive salary.
- Clear career path within the firm.
- Personal and professional skills development and training support.
