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Our exceptional people are the key to our unrivaled, culture and talent experience and our ability to be compelling to our clients. You’ll find an environment that inspires and empowers you to thrive both personally and professionally. There’s no one like you and that’s why there’s nowhere like RSM.\nRSM has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Assurance Partner to join our Life Sciences practice. You will be provided with opportunities to work on projects in RSM offices in biotech hubs across the country. You will also get exposure to various types of entities within the industry, ranging from companies in the clinical R&D phase to large public biopharma’s. Common accounting areas encountered in the industry include collaboration and licensing arrangements, complex debt and equity transactions and internal controls over financial reporting.\nRole Summary\nAs an Assurance Partner, you will lead audit and assurance client relationships for the Assurance line of business while advancing quality, growth, and consistent delivery. This role focuses on leading engagement teams, managing complex audit portfolios, and serving as a trusted advisor to clients and firm leaders.\nJob Responsibilities\nServe as audit engagement leader and/or client service coordinator, managing required financial statements, related disclosures, and other client deliverables.\nManage multiple engagements, oversee engagement status, and maintain milestones for complex audit and assurance projects.\nIdentify technical accounting and auditing matters early, assess impact, and coordinate with firm specialists as needed.\nReview work product, communicate audit status to clients, and assess resources needed for project completion.\nMaintain contact with clients throughout the year to build deeper relationships and better understand client goals and strategies.\nManage profitability, billing, collections, engagement economics, and operational discipline consistent with firm expectations.\nAssess risk and design and communicate audit procedures to engagement teams.\nDevelop external relationships and centers of influence to support business growth and brand presence.\nProvide insightful business advice and present as a trusted business advisor to clients and stakeholders.\nUnderstand team member skillsets and capabilities, monitor and review work product, and provide timely coaching and performance feedback.\nDevelop others within the firm through training, career development, coaching, and participation in firm initiatives.\nAnticipate and address client concerns, escalate issues promptly, and support quality, independence, and risk management expectations.\nMaintain professional development through ongoing education and stay current on relevant standards, firm policies, and quality expectations.\nUse digital quality enablers, data, and global delivery resources where appropriate to support consistent, efficient, high-quality outcomes.\nLead with an enterprise mindset, aligning decisions to long-term firm value, cultural stewardship, and client outcomes.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in accounting or related field.\nActive CPA license in state of residence (or equivalent professional credential) required.\n13+ years of progressive public accounting / external audit or assurance experience, including significant experience leading audit engagements of increasing complexity and size.\nProven track record of building and maintaining a substantial client portfolio, including bringing in new business, retaining clients, and ensuring engagement profitability and growth.\nDemonstrated leadership and management skills, with success managing multiple large or complex audit portfolios, supervising senior leadership teams, and guiding firm-wide talent development and staffing strategies.\nDeep technical mastery of accounting and auditing standards including US GAAP, US GAAS or other relevant regulatory standards. Ability to apply risk-based audit methodology, internal control frameworks, complex financial reporting, and capacity to guide complex / multi-entity / high risk audits.\nDemonstrates strong business development and strategic leadership, identifying and advancing growth opportunities, driving cross firm service expansion, and shaping market strategy. Builds and leverages deep local market and COI relationships to generate sustained client growth while ensuring exceptional client service delivery.\nStrong stakeholder management, communication, and relationship-building skills, able to interact with senior client executives, boards or audit committees, firm leadership, and cross-functional teams.\nStrategic thinking and firm-wide vision, with ability to influence firm direction, contribute to leadership decisions, and participate in governance or partnership-level deliberations.\nLeads with strong ethical judgment and independence, ensuring firmwide compliance with audit standards, quality expectations, and professional conduct.\nFlexibility to travel, manage demanding workloads, and adapt to client and market pressures.\nAt RSM, we offer a competitive benefits and compensation package for all our people. Learn more about our total rewards at https://rsmus.com/careers/working-at-rsm/benefits.\nWe believe flexibility and in-person connection both play an important role in how we work and grow. Most roles at RSM follow a hybrid workstyle, which means team members are aligned to an RSM office and come together in person when it best supports clients, teams, development or relationship-building. Some roles may be virtual or primarily on-site based on role requirements, team priorities and client needs.\nAll applicants will receive consideration for employment as RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; color; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender; sexual orientation; HIV Status; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the US uniformed service; US Military/Veteran status; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.\nAccommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership. RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please call us at 800-274-3978 or send us an email at .\nRSM will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records. 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