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About the Role:

Reporting to the Senior Director-Governmental Auditing and Accounting, you will manage the AICPA’s efforts in the area of governmental accounting and auditing including the performance of state and local government financial statement audits and compliance audits. You will focus on latest issues and related advocacy activities for the benefit of CPAs, government professionals, and the public interest.  Work with senior partners in accounting firms, senior government executives, multiple industry experts, standard setters, and regulators. This role can work remotely in the US*

You Will:

• Be an AICPA subject matter expert on governmental accounting and auditing matters, both internally and externally.
• Work with AICPA’s Governmental Audit Quality Executive Committee and/or the AICPA State and Local Government Expert Panel to identify latest accounting, auditing, and regulatory issues.
• Play a large advocacy role by managing the AICPA’s relationship with the GASB, federal regulators (e.g., HHS, Education, HUD, etc.), OMB, GAO, SEC (on municipal securities), and several state bodies and other professional associations (e.g., GFOA, NASACT, NACUBO, etc.), and influencing and providing feedback on exposure documents. 
• Promote governmental audit quality by (1) developing practice tools and aids, alerts, Web events, articles, and other resources; (2) keeping members informed of current developments; and (3) creating content on the GAQC Web site.
• Support other AICPA professional teams (e.g., Auditing Standards Board, Technical Hotline, Engagement and Learning Innovation, Conferences, Publications, Peer Review, and Journal of Accountancy, etc.).

You Have:

• 7 years of current (or recent past) public accounting or similar experience in governmental auditing and accounting
• Bachelor’s degree
• CPA License
• Strong working knowledge of GASB GAAP, GAAS, Government Auditing Standards, and Uniform Guidance requirements
• Ideally some experience in performing audits of governmental entities including state and local financial statement audits, single audits, and other compliance audits.