As a senior in big 4 what are your responsibilities? Do you manage the audit process from initiation to finalization, including drafting financial statements, or are you experiencing only a portion?

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No matter what. It winds up being your fault.

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It depends on the job and the level of micromanagement I have to endure from the manager above me.

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Non big 4 here for a different view for people: As a senior on a large private job I not only help take the audit work from start to finish and doing review, I have also worked on managing the budget, hours and general engagement economics. From starting the job and getting the code set up to helping figure out the scheduling. Had other jobs where it's just handling the actual work and a little review. (note I have requested to get to work on these parts of the engagement to learn how it works to better understand our work)

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Depends on the team. I’m on smaller jobs and work on pretty much all areas at some point, whether reviewing an area or preparing high risk areas.

I’m in tax so only the tax portion but yeah

We don’t draft financials for audit clients (at least none of the ones I’ve ever worked on). Other than that yes, seeing everything

Soup to nuts on small jobs. Probably only working on a couple business processes on large ones.

Audit senior 1. That is the level of exposure you receive at my firm, Baker Tilly

I'm at BDO. I actually really love that I get the ability to do the extra stuff. Makes me feel like I'm able to contribute more. The managers on my jobs are more then willing to give the exposure here so long as you want to learn it.

I’ve gotten the same experience on a mid-sized public company audit

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