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About Newman CPA

Newman CPA is the largest national CPA firm focused exclusively on Common Interest Realty Associations (CIRAs). From our base in Carlsbad, CA, we serve thousands of associations across the country, and our clients stay with us. Our retention reflects the quality and consistency of our work.

We’re in a defined growth phase. We're aggressively building our national platform both organically and through acquisition. That means new markets, new books of business, and heavy investment in AI-enabled operations.

Join a team of hands-on builders setting the standard for CIRA audit and tax nationally. Growth means opportunity here: as the firm expands, senior seats open, and we promote the people we train. We invest in structured technical training, CPA exam support, and leaders whose job includes training you to operate at the next level.

The Role

As a Staff Auditor, you perform the audit. From your first engagement you will be executing real testing on real client accounts, not shadowing someone else's work or spending two years on a small section of one enormous client.

Because our engagements are association-sized, you touch most of the balance sheet and income statement within your first year: cash, receivables, payables, assessments, and the operating and reserve expense cycles. You will see how a complete audit fits together far earlier than you would at a traditional firm, and that is the point. This is a hands-on execution seat with a defined path to Senior, and you'll be trained deliberately to get there.

What You'll Own

• Audit fieldwork across assigned areas including cash, accounts receivable, prepaid insurance, accounts payable, assessments, and operating and reserve expenses. You perform the procedures and document what you found.
• Planning workpapers, including materiality, prepared under the direction of the person in charge.
• Equity reconciliation and the proposed adjusting journal entries that come out of your testing.
• Subsequent events testing, inquiry, and documentation.
• Your workpapers are informative, indexed, cross-referenced, signed off, and understandable to a reviewer without a conversation.
• Verification against source documents, comparing every item tested to client-provided support rather than to last year’s file.
• Communication with the audit lead on open items, document requests, and anything that looks wrong.
• Engagement routing and status in GoFileRoom, kept current so the team knows where each job stands.
• Clearing reviewer notes thoroughly and on time.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting, or a related field with an accounting emphasis
• 0–4 years of audit or accounting experience, including internships
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP
• Excellent attention to detail, and the discipline to tie out to source documents every time
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• The judgment to ask when something looks wrong, and the initiative to work through what you can on your own first
• Authorization to work permanently in the United States

Even Better

• Experience auditing common interest realty associations, or adjacent high-volume recurring assurance work: nonprofit and Single Audit, employee benefit plans, or governmental fund accounting
• Experience with a paperless audit environment and workflow tools such as Engagement and GoFileRoom
• Valid CPA license

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• 401(k) with company match
• Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision. Life insurance available.
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Focus on work/life balance
• Strong mentoring program with a focus on the success of each team member

Equal Opportunity Employer

• Newman CPA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or membership in any other legally protected category.