Senior Manager of PCAOB Initiatives - National Office

Position Summary

 

 

THE FOCUS IS YOU

 

Join a dynamic, high-energy team dedicated to achieving excellence in audit quality! If you’re looking to grow your career in a public accounting atmosphere while taking on impactful responsibilities and projects with our National Office team, without the demanding busy season hours, this is the perfect role for you. Our team values flexibility, offering remote or hybrid work options, and prioritizes work-life balance to create a supportive and rewarding environment.

 

The National Office Senior Manager of PCAOB Initiatives is a core member of the firm’s National Office responsible for assisting with the overall administration, direction, and monitoring of the firm’s attest practice and system of quality management for all aspects of the firm’s PCAOB attest practice.

 

Key duties involve assessing the firm’s system of Quality Management by assuming administrative responsibilities for risk assessment, oversight of testing, and accumulation of results and managing UHY LLP’s interactions with the PCAOB. Other responsibilities include managing interactions with other regulatory authorities, assisting with all internal and external inspections, providing professional guidance to the practice, and enhancing data analytics and reporting. 

 

As an essential member of the National Office team, the National Office Senior Manager of PCAOB Initiatives collaborates extensively with the UHY LLP Managing Partner and UHY LLP Management Committee to advance firm-wide quality initiatives and ensure alignment with strategic objectives.

 

WHAT YOU WILL DO

 

Regular duties include (but are not limited to):

 

PCAOB and SEC Matters

• Oversee the monitoring of the firm’s SEC practice, including in-flight reviews, post-issuance inspections, and other practice monitoring efforts throughout the year.
• Oversee appropriate flow of SEC client acceptance and continuance, including ensuring circulation of acceptance and continuance packages and maintaining annual SEC client continuance log.
• Monitoring of the firm’s issuer count to evaluate when the firm will trigger annual inspection by the PCAOB by issuing over 100 issuer opinions in a calendar year.
• Responsible for data analysis and reviewing updated SEC and Restricted client lists, including monitoring changes in SEC client base and querying client filings in EDGAR, corporate tree management of subsidiaries and affiliates, and evaluating conflicts that arise through independence checks.

Manage PCAOB Inspections:

• Manage PCAOB Inspections by gathering materials requested by the PCAOB staff prior to inspections and ensuring that PCAOB staff has access to all the materials and engagement team members.
• Manage inspection fieldwork meetings and communications between the PCAOB and with selected audit engagement teams, including review and preparation of responses to questions and ensuring efficient communication and coordination with the PCAOB during inspection fieldwork.
• Working with engagement teams to prepare responses to PCAOB comment forms, discussing responses and other matters with the PCAOB, and manage any necessary remediation until PCAOB acceptance.

Annual Reporting of Data to the PCAOB (Form 2)

• Review and lead the assembly of PCAOB Form 2 (Annual Report), consisting of listing all UHY opinions, consents, and other attest reports issued during reporting period, the number of accountants, licensed CPAs, and professionals, and fee revenue data for SEC engagements.

Quality Governance

• Participating in the Quality Control of the firm and reporting in bimonthly UHY LLP Management Committee meetings and contributing to the formulation, revision, and dissemination of policies adopted by the UHY LLP Management Committee to the firm’s professional staff.
• Participate in monthly Attest Leaders’ meetings and discuss changes in professional standards, regulatory requirements, and/or accounting updates.

Quality Management

• Understand the Quality Control Standards as well as our firm’s current system of Quality Management to design, implement, and operate procedures to ensure compliance with the Quality Management Standards of the PCAOB, IIASB, and AICPA.
• Work with other National Office colleagues to operate and/or evaluate our current system of quality management, including performing risk assessments and monitoring.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across UHY to gain an understanding of the risks to quality objectives as defined by the quality management statements.
• Assist with the