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Assurance Manager or Director - Financial Services Group

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

Seattle, WAFull-time$105–181K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$105–181K/yr
Location
Seattle, WA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

CPA, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

CLA seeks an Assurance Manager or Director for its Financial Services Group in the Pacific Northwest. The role leads assurance and audit engagements for financial institution clients, delivers audit, review, and compilation services, and serves as a trusted client advisor. It also drives engagement quality, team development, client service, and profitable execution.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Audit Engagement Management, nice to haveClient Relationship Management, nice to haveStrategic Management, nice to have

Qualifications

6 Years Relevant Experience, requiredLarge Professional Services or Public Accounting Firm Experience, nice to haveBachelor's in Accounting or Related Field, requiredCPA, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

CLA is seeking an Assurance Manager or Director to join our growing Financial Services Group. In this role, you will lead assurance and audit engagements for financial institution clients, delivering high-quality audit, review, and compilation services while serving as a trusted advisor to clients while driving engagement quality, team development, and exceptional client service. This role can be based in one of our strategic growth markets, in our Pacific Northwest offices.

How you'll create opportunities in this Assurance Manager or Director role:

  • Lead and manage audit and assurance engagements from planning through completion.
  • Serve as a primary client contact, providing proactive guidance and maintaining strong client relationships.
  • Oversee engagement budgets, timelines, and quality standards.
  • Review audit plans, internal control assessments, and engagement deliverables.
  • Mentor, coach, and develop team members through ongoing feedback and professional development.
  • Support recruiting, onboarding, and retention of top talent.
  • Contribute to business development efforts by strengthening existing client relationships and identifying growth opportunities.
  • Deliver operational excellence while ensuring profitable engagement execution and an exceptional client experience.

What you will need:

  • 6 years of relevant experience required
  • Experience in a large professional services or public accounting firm, driving strategic management preferred
  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field is required.
  • CPA required

Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range.

The compensation range for this position in Washington is: $105,000.00 – $181,000.00

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Wellness at CLA To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.

To view a complete list of benefits, click here.

How this job compares

Set against the 704 open Audit Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$105–181K/yr
  • US median$99–200K/yr569 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $143K, is 5% below the US median midpoint ($151K) — in the middle half of Audit Manager salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 704 open Audit Manager jobs across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience — more than three in four Audit Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 667 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 485 of the 704 open Audit Manager jobs (69%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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