Audit Manager/Director - Nonprofit/Higher Education
Austin, TXFull-timePosted 1mo agoStill listed today
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Job overview
CLA is seeking an Audit Director or Audit Manager for its Nonprofit or Higher Education practice in Texas. The role manages client relationships, supports clients’ audit and financial planning objectives, develops staff, and oversees engagement teams. Candidates need a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field, at least six years of public accounting experience, and CPA certification. Team leadership and Higher Education audit experience are strongly preferred.
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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.
CLA is currently seeking an Audit Director/Audit Manager to join our Nonprofit or Higher Education practice in Texas. CLA has served the higher education sector for 50+ years, with professionals deeply involved in national and regional higher‑ed associations
How you’ll create opportunities in this Audit Director/ Manager role:
- Manage and develop relationships with great clients.
- Assist clients in obtaining necessary funding to continue to positively impact their community.
- Assist clients with meeting their audit and financial planning objectives by using a range of tools.
- Be creative with staff development, mentoring, and overseeing client engagement teams.
- Lead the engagement progress by monitoring time budgets and deadlines for adherence. Communicate important developments to the engagement principal along with facts, conclusions, and recommendations.
What you will need:
- You have a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
- You have a minimum of 6 years of public accounting experience with emphasis in financial statement preparation and audits.
- Experience leading teams of high performing people and managing Higher Education audits strongly preferred
- CPA license certification is 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.
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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 704 open Audit Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Texas median$99–202K/yr50 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 60 open Audit Manager jobs in Texas and 704 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- 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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