Assurance Principal or Signing Director
San Francisco, CAFull-time$165–400K/yrPosted 2mo agoStill listed today
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Job overview
CLA is seeking a Principal or Signing Director to help grow its Bay Area Assurance presence as part of an established team. The role leads assurance engagements, manages client relationships and engagement delivery, and develops teams. It also contributes to business development and community engagement. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field, substantial public accounting experience, an active CPA license, and travel to client sites as needed.
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Full job description
CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm where our purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.
CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.
As part of our continued strategic growth, CLA is seeking a Principal or Signing Director to join our Bay Area Assurance team. This role is designed for a motivated leader who is excited to help build and grow our presence in the market while contributing to an established, high-performing team.
How you’ll create impact in this Assurance role:
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Drive business development by growing a book of business, expanding client relationships, and actively engaging in the community.
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Lead and oversee assurance engagements, ensuring quality, compliance, and timely delivery.
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Manage engagement scope, fees, budgets, and deadlines while maintaining strong client communication.
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Serve as the primary client relationship owner and trusted advisor.
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Review financial statements and workpapers to ensure accuracy and adherence to professional standards.
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Provide overall engagement leadership, including staffing, risk management, and quality control.
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Mentor and develop high-performing teams; provide coaching and performance feedback.
What you will need:
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Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
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8+ years of public accounting experience, including financial statement audits and related reporting.
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Active CPA license required.
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Ability to travel to client sites as needed.
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 California posting range for this role is $165,000 – $400,000.
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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.
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How this job compares
Set against the 315 open Assurance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$165–400K/yr
- US median$100–202K/yr233 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $283K, is 87% above the US median midpoint ($151K) — in the top quarter of Assurance salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 21 open Assurance jobs in California and 315 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Assurance postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 273 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 201 of the 315 open Assurance jobs (64%) 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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