Senior Technical Manager - CPEA

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SUMMARY

The Center for Plain English Accounting (“CPEA”) is the AICPA’s national A&A resource center, available exclusively to members of the AICPA’s Private Companies Practice Section (“PCPS”). The CPEA assists member firms in understanding and implementing accounting, auditing, review, compilation, and quality control standards by sharing technical advice and guidance. The CPEA’s straight-forward and clear style of writing and speaking gives practitioners the opportunity to understand the applicability of the professional literature when they are preparing financial statements and when they are auditing, reviewing, and compiling those financial statements.

CPEA members have access to a first-class team of nationally recognized and respected A&A experts. Through reports, alerts, webinars, and conference sessions, CPEA professional staff provide A&A support by describing “how to do” what you “need to do” in implementing the authoritative literature.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

·     Assist in preparing monthly reports on key accounting and attest topics, including new standards and guidance.

·     Serve as a subject matter expert on topics and issues impacting subscribers to the CPEA. 

·    Promote the CPEA and its mission with internal and external stakeholders.  Serve as a representative for the Center and support and advance membership and subscriber goals for the team.

·    Stay abreast of developments in the accounting profession and for assigned area; monitor legislative, regulatory and industry landscape for news and developments impacting members.

·    Participate and contribute to maintaining the external CPEA member website, including creating and auditing content.

·    Help prepare slides and participate in 9 webcasts per year, addressing the implementation of new standards and other relevant A&A topics.

·    Provide effective and timely responses to CPEA members’ technical inquiries received via email. Research applicable U.S. GAAP and U.S. GAAS in developing high-quality answers.

·    Assist the Director and VP and work with finance on the financial aspects of the CPEA, including monthly financials and member billing.

·    Identify, research, and comprehend technical issues.

·    Annually attend and present on certain A&A topics at key AICPA conferences.

·    Maintain and expand technical A&A knowledge and expertise by keeping abreast of accounting and attest standard setting activity, learning new standards and guidance, and completing continuing professional education courses.

·    Help to maintain external CPEA member website

·    Other projects as determined by supervisor and management

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

·    None currently