Manager - Professional Practice, CAQ

Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Work closely with and under the direction of CAQ Professional Practice leadership to assist in the preparation of CAQ comment letters on key regulatory policy proposals issued by the PCAOB, SEC, and other standard setters and regulators.
• Conduct research, develop technical content, and thought leadership for new and emerging auditing and financial reporting issues, with a primary focus on environmental, social and governance matters.
• Manage and coordinate activities and meetings of CAQ committees, task forces, and working groups involving member firms and stakeholders.
• Respond to technical inquiries from CAQ member firms.
• Engage with members of the public company auditing profession and regulatory staff to foster a positive working relationship with the CAQ.
• Develop and manage projects, keeping current on agreed upon deadlines and necessary actions.
• Monitor activity of public company auditing standard setters and regulators and attend open meetings. Summarize and report internally on relevant information. In addition, attend conferences relevant to public company auditing and report internally on relevant information discussed.
• Keep current on matters relevant to the public company auditing profession, both in the US and globally, and provide perspective on impact to the CAQ mission and objectives.
• Coordinate and/or communicate CAQ messaging during meetings (both internal and external), roundtables, and conference panels with firm executives, members of the public company auditing profession, and college students.
• Assisting CAQ team members in planned and unplanned work.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Certain projects may require supervision of interns or other more junior team members.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

• A mix of strong verbal communication, presentation, and writing skills.
• Ability to research member firm auditing inquiries and analyze emerging issues.
• Knowledge of, or willingness to develop knowledge of, environmental, social, and governance-related reporting and assurance standards.
• Detail oriented to analyze large and/or complex data sets.
• Proven ability to take initiative in problem solving by proposing possible solutions to senior management.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple deliverables and/or workstreams concurrently.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully administer projects and timelines, including the ability to work well under tight time constraints.
• Demonstrated experience working in cross-functional high performing teams to meet deadlines and achieve established goals.
• Self-starter, with a positive attitude and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative work environment.

Required Experience, Qualifications & Education

• 3 to 5 years of recent public company auditing or comparable experience
• Working knowledge of PCAOB standards, coupled with a strong desire to broaden your technical skills
• CPA license

Preferred Experience, Qualifications & Education

• N/A