Partner, Assurance Services - Financial Institutions

RubinBrown LLP is one of the nation’s leading accounting and professional consulting firms with a commitment to building personal relationships and delivering totally satisfied clients. The RubinBrown name and reputation are synonymous with experience, integrity and value. RubinBrown has revenue of approximately $240 million with 1,000+ team members across locations in Chicago, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Nashville, and St. Louis.

The Partner, Assurance Services - Financial Institutions serves as a senior leader within RubinBrown’s Assurance Services practice, providing strategic direction, client ownership, and technical leadership for assurance engagements serving financial institutions. This role offers the opportunity to build and deepen trusted client relationships, ensure the highest standards of audit quality and regulatory compliance, and mentor and develop future leaders within the practice. The Partner also plays a key role in driving practice growth through business development, cross-service collaboration, and thought leadership within the financial institutions industry.

Major Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary relationship owner for financial institution clients, advising executive management, audit committees, and boards.
• Provide strategic guidance on complex accounting, auditing, and regulatory matters, including CECL, loans and deposits, fair value, derivatives, and regulatory reporting.
• Oversee assurance engagements from planning through completion, ensuring compliance with standards, regulations, and RubinBrown’s quality expectations, and approve key deliverables.
• Maintain responsibility for audit quality, risk management, and independence compliance, serving as a technical resource on complex matters.
• Monitor engagement economics, including budgets, staffing, realization, and profitability, to support sustainable client relationships.
• Collaborating with existing team, lead and support business development through opportunity identification, client expansion, and proposal support.  
• Coordinate across service lines to deliver integrated solutions and support growth of the Financial Institutions Industry Group.
• Recruit, develop, and mentor assurance professionals, supporting succession planning and long-term practice sustainability.
• Model RubinBrown’s One Firm culture through collaboration, ethical leadership, and professional excellence.

Preferred Experience/Background/Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Active CPA required.
• 10+ years of progressive public accounting experience with significant focus on financial institutions.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, AICPA auditing standards, and financial institution regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated success leading client relationships, audit committees, and executive-level discussions.
• Proven ability to drive business development, manage risk, and lead high-performing teams.
• Strong communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.
• Commitment to quality, integrity, and the development of people and the profession.

Working Conditions

• Typical office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• Ability to work extra hours as determined by workload and client expectations.
• Travel will be most dependent upon office location. Travel may range from minimal to monthly.
• Hybrid model (2-3 days in the office/week).
• Ability to sit for long periods of time.
• Ability to move throughout office.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, pull up to 30-50 pounds.

 One Firm

To foster a highly respected, inclusive culture that helps foster and promote an environment that is diverse and equitable for all team members and the firm to achieve growth and deepened expertise. RubinBrown is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

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