Assurance Manager, Quality Management (Root Cause Analysis)

Job Description

Job Summary :

The Assurance Manager, Quality Management is responsible for assessing and understanding causes of audit quality events, testing the Firm's system of quality management, maintaining, and supporting audit quality tools, and assisting with managing responsive actions to enhance the Firm's system of quality management.

In coordination with the National Managing Principal - Assurance Quality Management, the Manager performs investigative analyses of various quality related events, gathers, and analyzes data to identify systemic trends and conditions, assists in planning audit quality improvements and assists in the development and implementation of audit quality indicators.

Job Duties :

• Applies investigative and analytical skills and technical knowledge to develop sufficient specific cause analyses
• Applies advanced Excel skills to analyze and assimilate data
• Assists in gathering and analyzing audit quality indicators
• Demonstrates thought leadership and an inquisitive mind to bring value-added insights to analyses and solutions
• Designs, documents, and enhances system of quality management policies and processes
• Tests controls identified in the Firm's system of quality management, develops deficiency analysis, and prepares annual certification report
• Assists with preparing various audit quality reporting to leadership and the practice
• Assists with maintaining various audit quality programs, including support to professionals, maintaining applications, and confirming completeness and accuracy of program data
• Assists with PCAOB firm level inspection activities, including data requests, meeting support.
• Assists with preparing firm level remediation responses to the regulator
• Participates in programs designed to maintain standards of quality, independence, and risk management throughout the practice
• Applies relevant GAAP, GAAS, SEC, PCAOB and other applicable or emerging regulations and standards, and the BDO Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct with honesty and integrity
• Other duties as required

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

Education :

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Marketing, or Economics, required

Experience :

Five (5) or more years of work experience, required

License / Certifications :

CPA, required

Software :

• Advanced Excel skills, required
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook, preferred
• Experience with accounting research databases, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities :

• Strong leadership and management skills
• Superior written and verbal communications skills
• Advanced knowledge of GAAP and SEC
• Solid understanding and proficiency of accounting and auditing standards and reporting requirements

About Us

Join us at BDO, where you will find more than a career, you'll find a place where your work is impactful, and you are valued for your individuality.

We offer flexibility and opportunities for advancement. Our culture is centered around making meaningful connections, approaching interactions with curiosity, and being true to yourself, all while making a positive difference in the world.

At BDO, our purpose of helping people thrive every day is at the heart of everything we do. Together, we are focused on delivering exceptional and sustainable outcomes and value for our people, our clients, and our communities.

BDO is proud to be an ESOP company, reflecting a culture that puts people first, by sharing financially in our growth in value with our U.

S. team. BDO professionals provide assurance, tax and advisory services for a diverse range of clients across the U.S. and in over 160 countries through our global organization.

BDO is the first large accounting and advisory organization to implement an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). A qualified retirement plan, the ESOP offers participants a stake in the firm's success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being.

The ESOP stands as a compelling addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. The annual allocation to the ESOP is fully funded by BDO through investments in company stock and grants employees the chance to grow their wealth over time as their shares vest and grow in value with the firm's success, with no employee contributions.

We are committed to delivering exceptional experiences to middle market leaders by sharing insight-driven perspectives, helping companies take business as usual to better than usual.

With industry knowledge and experience, a breadth and depth of resources, and unwavering commitment to quality, we pride ourselves on :

• Welcoming diverse perspectives and understanding the experience of our professionals and clients
• Empowering team members to explore their full potential
• Our talented team who brings varying skills, knowledge and experience to proactively help our clients navigate an expanding array of complex challenges and opportunities
• Celebrating ingenuity and innovation to transform our business and help our clients transform theirs
• Focus on resilience and sustainability to positively impact our people, clients, and communities
• Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability / vets

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