Audit Manager

Audit Manager-Real Estate

Bennett Thrasher is growing and seeking an experienced Audit Manager with strong potential for advancement within our real estate industry segment. This individual will be working with partners and is expected to lead, mentor and coach team members through FR&A engagements. They are responsible for the management of engagements and client communications while promoting a collaborative environment to bring value to clients.

Our Financial Reporting and Assurance practice is a dynamic, seasoned, and high-performing team that has achieved double-digit growth over the past several years. This role offers an entrepreneurial opportunity within the real estate financial reporting sector, where our clients rely on us to deliver insightful, timely, and thorough audits. Bennett Thrasher’s real estate industry practice is one of the firm’s largest and fastest growing.

In 2025, Bennett Thrasher was named Best of the Best by Inside Public Accounting, recognizing our exceptional performance, growth, and financial strength. This distinction reflects the culture, dedication, and collaboration that define our firm.

Bennett Thrasher also offers a competitive benefits package, including generous vacation time, childcare assistance, and retirement benefits.

• Develop effective working relationships with clients and firm associates
• Work effectively in teams to provide quality service to clients
• Think strategically about client needs by understanding their business and key risks
• Compile and present audit findings and suggest practical business improvements
• Promote additional services to client when appropriate
• Lead and provide oversight for the more complicated areas of the audit, including determining key risk audit areas and designing appropriate procedures to address such risks
• Review financial statements and disclosures ensuring compliance with GAAP or other comprehensive basis of accounting
• Provide quality control by ensuring compliance with internal audit methodology and risk management and external regulatory requirements
• Recognize potential audit issues from basic analysis of financial statements and effectively communicate them to the team; ensure resolution of the issues with the client
• Identify area of specialization and continuously refine skills, knowledge and expertise
• Be efficient in technical research and appropriate application; show this through collaborative discussion with the engagement partner
• Build and maintain positive relationships across the firm
• Coach and develop lower-level associates
• Contribute and support new ideas on internal processes and client engagements
• Supervise internal meetings to facilitate effective and efficient audit planning and execution; set reasonable expectations to ensure the team meets client deadlines
• Timely review work papers and financials prepared by seniors and/or staff
• Work with members of the engagement team to identify and resolve any client issues discovered throughout the engagement
• Maintain open communication with team and client regarding the progress of completion on projects
• Give and receive feedback to minimize repeated errors and apply new concepts
• Work with a partner to determine the appropriate audit approach and begin road-mapping the audit
• Manage all aspects of billing: draft budget and fees for first‑time clients, ensure the budget is followed, and engage the engagement appropriately; identify areas of inefficiency for potential assessment
• Participate actively in training and developmental opportunities, both as an attendee and as a facilitator
• Demonstrate integrity, objectivity and a high standard of ethics
• Represent the goals of the firm consistently internally and externally
• Network to promote Bennett Thrasher and for own business development purposes

• Undergraduate degree required;
  Master’s preferred
• Georgia CPA required
• 4+ years of audit experience required
• Advanced knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements required; additional experience with income tax‑based financial statements, IFRS, and ASC 946 is preferable
• Working knowledge and experience with audits in the real estate industry including multifamily housing, industrial, commercial, retail, construction, hospitality and real‑estate investment funds is preferable
• Maintain the highest technical and professional standards
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong time‑management, organizational and prioritization skills
• Strong project management and delegation skills

Bennett Thrasher is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, military service obligations or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.