# Audit Assistant

> Pavago · Argentina (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-05-19

**Workplace:** remote

**Department:** Candidate Sourcing

## Description

### **📊 Audit Assistant (Accounting, Reconciliations, GAAP/IFRS) – Remote | U.S. Hours**

**Position Type:** Full-Time, Remote  
**Working Hours:** U.S. Business Hours

### **🚀 About the Role**

We’re hiring a detail-oriented **Audit Assistant** to support internal and external audits, financial reconciliations, compliance reporting, and audit-ready documentation.

This is not a passive administrative role.

You’ll play a key role in:

-   audit preparation and support
-   account reconciliations
-   financial data validation
-   compliance and internal controls
-   maintaining organized audit documentation

You’ll work closely with:

-   accounting teams
-   finance leadership
-   external auditors
-   operations teams

to ensure financial records remain accurate, compliant, and audit-ready.

If you are highly organized, analytical, and strong with reconciliations and financial documentation, this role is a strong fit.

### **🔥 What You’ll Own**

### **Audit Preparation & Documentation**

-   Prepare and organize:

-   PBC (Prepared By Client) schedules
-   audit support files
-   reconciliations
-   transaction documentation

-   Gather supporting documents including:

-   invoices
-   contracts
-   bank records
-   journal entries
-   financial reports

-   Maintain clean, structured, and audit-ready documentation systems
-   Track outstanding audit requests and follow-ups

### **Reconciliations & Financial Verification**

-   Perform reconciliations across:

-   bank accounts
-   accounts payable
-   accounts receivable
-   general ledger balances

-   Investigate and explain variances or discrepancies
-   Validate financial data accuracy and completeness
-   Support month-end and year-end audit preparation

### **Audit Testing & Internal Controls**

-   Assist with:

-   audit walkthroughs
-   sample testing
-   control verification

-   Support SOX and compliance-related testing where applicable
-   Document findings, risks, and inconsistencies
-   Escalate discrepancies or missing information proactively

### **Compliance & Regulatory Support**

-   Ensure compliance with:

-   GAAP
-   IFRS
-   internal accounting policies

-   Support regulatory and external audit requirements
-   Help maintain accurate audit trails and supporting schedules
-   Assist in improving internal controls and audit processes

### **Reporting & Collaboration**

-   Prepare audit progress updates and status reports
-   Coordinate with:

-   finance teams
-   accounting teams
-   HR
-   operations
-   external auditors

-   Maintain clear communication regarding deadlines and audit requests
-   Help ensure audit deliverables are completed accurately and on time

### **💻 Must-Have Requirements**

### **Experience**

-   1–2+ years of experience in:

-   audit support
-   accounting
-   finance
-   reconciliations
-   compliance support

### **Core Skills**

-   Strong proficiency with:

-   Excel
-   Google Sheets
-   Pivot Tables
-   VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
-   reconciliations
-   financial tracking

-   Familiarity with accounting systems such as:

-   QuickBooks
-   NetSuite
-   SAP
-   Oracle

-   Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
-   Excellent attention to detail and documentation accuracy
-   Strong written and verbal English communication skills
-   Ability to manage multiple deadlines and audit requests simultaneously

### **⭐ Nice to Have**

-   Bachelor’s degree in:

-   Accounting
-   Finance
-   related field

-   Exposure to:

-   SOX
-   PCAOB
-   internal audit processes
-   compliance frameworks

-   Experience supporting external auditors
-   Familiarity with:

-   COSO
-   ISO controls
-   audit documentation systems

### **🧠 What Makes You a Strong Fit**

-   You are highly detail-oriented and process-driven
-   You enjoy organizing and validating financial data
-   You can identify discrepancies quickly and accurately
-   You work well under deadlines and structured workflows
-   You communicate clearly with auditors and internal teams
-   You take ownership of accuracy and documentation quality

### **📅 What a Typical Day Looks Like**

-   Prepare audit schedules and supporting documentation
-   Reconcile accounts and investigate variances
-   Respond to audit requests from internal and external auditors
-   Update audit trackers and maintain documentation logs
-   Support control testing and compliance checks
-   Coordinate with accounting and finance teams for missing information
-   Maintain organized audit files and reporting records

**In short:**  
You help ensure financial records are accurate, compliant, organized, and fully audit-ready.

### **📊 Key Metrics for Success (KPIs)**

-   Timely completion of audit requests and reconciliations
-   Accuracy of financial documentation and reporting
-   Reduction in audit findings caused by missing or incorrect data
-   Well-organized and audit-ready records
-   Strong responsiveness during audit cycles
-   Positive feedback from auditors and finance leadership

### **🌟 Why This Role Stands Out**

-   Strong exposure to accounting, audit, and compliance operations
-   Opportunity to work closely with finance leadership and auditors
-   High-impact role supporting financial accuracy and compliance
-   Structured workflows with clear operational ownership
-   Opportunity to grow into:

-   Staff Accountant
-   Senior Audit Associate
-   Compliance Analyst
-   Financial Reporting roles

-   Fully remote role with U.S.-aligned collaboration

### **🧪 Interview Process**

-   Initial Screening Call
-   Recruiter Interview
-   Practical Assessment (reconciliations + audit documentation scenario)
-   Client Interview
-   Offer & Onboarding

### **👉 Apply Now**

If you:

-   thrive in detail-oriented financial environments
-   enjoy reconciliations and audit preparation
-   are highly organized and process-driven
-   care deeply about accuracy and compliance

this role is a strong fit for you.

## Apply

[Apply at Pavago](https://apply.workable.com/pavago/j/48992A424B/apply)

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