Are you graduating with your Accounting degree in December 2025 and ready to launch your career in public accounting? Start planning your next step with us! We are now actively reviewing candidates who expect to graduate by the end of 2025 and are looking to jumpstart their careers with hands-on experience, training, and support. Whether you’re finishing up classes or preparing for the CPA exam, this is a great opportunity to gain exposure to meaningful Federal audit work in a collaborative and growth-oriented environment.
Entry Level Staff Auditor
Launch your career with us in our Audit & Attest practice, where you’ll have the opportunity to serve our esteemed Federal clients, and audit some of the largest organizations in the world. We’re on the lookout for dedicated individuals who are eager to grow and succeed. If you want to build an exciting public accounting career, leverage your skills, and be part of a collaborative team, this is the opportunity for you. We provide a supportive environment, ongoing training, and resources to help you progress while working with exciting Federal clients. As a dedicated professional eager to learn, you’ll get the tools and guidance needed to grow in your auditing role. Apply now to start a rewarding career with our firm.
What Would You Do In This Role
• Perform planning, fieldwork, and reporting procedures for examinations, performance audits, financial statement audits, audits of the Schedule of Costs Incurred, desk reviews, grant reviews or agreed-upon procedure assignments.
• Perform assigned engagement procedures such as testing of the auditee’s records for various transactions to include payroll, cash disbursement, grants, fund balance with treasury, revenue, etc.
• Check reports, records, ledgers, and other documents against invoices, receipts, payroll slips, and other source documents. Verify appropriateness of and determine that transactions have been properly recorded.
• Review and test general ledger amounts, financial statements, internal controls, and accounting system reports.
• Participate in meetings with clients and document the meeting minutes.
• Perform reconciliations between the general ledger and information submitted to the Federal Government.
• Compile and analyze auditee’s data using automated tools.
• Develop, and update workpapers using automated tools.
Your Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• License/Education Preferred: CPA or 150 Credit hours to sit for CPA exam.
• Minimum of 0-2 years of experience in Auditing, Attestation, or Compliance Reviews (Healthcare, Federal, State or Local Government experience is a plus).
• Great written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).
• Security Clearance: Must be able to pass a government suitability check to obtain Public Trust (US Citizenship required).
What’s In It For You
Serving Federal Government clients, Castro & Company is a dedicated Audit, Advisory and Accounting CPA firm headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. We are dedicated to helping our clients accomplish their strategic goals while providing our people with a diverse and inclusive environment to thrive and succeed. Castro & Company employees are part of a learning culture with challenging career development opportunities. We encourage teamwork and collaboration, reward excellence, and respect and value diversity.
Castro & Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability, and any other classification protected by law.