Quality Management Senior Manager

Company Profile:

At FORVIS, your career is designed with a purpose. We want our team members to thrive professionally and feel the impact their work yields when serving clients, industries, and local communities. This starts by empowering team members to design a career journey that leverages their skills and fuels their passions.

Creating a best-in-class employee experience is at the heart of our vision for the future. With several industry focus areas, multiple service lines, and locations in five geographical regions across the country to choose from, the opportunities for your career are without limit.

About FORVIS

FORVIS is a Top-10 professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services, driven by our commitment to using our forward vision to provide rewarding career opportunities and deliver unmatched client experiences. Learn more at FORVIS.com

Design your career with purpose at FORVIS. For more information about our firm locations, visit FORVIS.com. FORVIS, LLP is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected classifications.

It is FORVIS's standard policy not to accept unsolicited referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.

• FORVIS expressly reserves the right not to consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes from vendors including and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies.
• FORVIS further reserves the right not to pay a fee to a recruiter or agency unless such recruiter or agency has a signed vendor agreement with FORVIS.
• Any resume or CV submitted to any employee of FORVIS without having a FORVIS vendor agreement in place will be considered the property of FORVIS.

Requisition Number: 2234267

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External Description: Description & Requirements

This role is part of the Quality Management Team where the candidate will be developing and monitoring a quality framework across Member firms which supports the delivery of quality service offerings to our member's clients and ensures we maintain their compliance within the guidelines of ISQM1 and QC1000.

This role involves developing a detailed understanding of operations and approach to quality in both Member firms and the Network's impacts on its members.

Involvement in the Quality Management Team offers a unique opportunity to understand and influence how we look at quality and identify/ manage associated risks across the network. We accomplish this from understanding the key factors of quality to looking at IT tools to help us monitor controls.

The Quality Management Team is led by a director in our network and reports to the Chief Risk Officer and the Network Quality Risk Management Committee. You will be working closely with and alongside senior members of the quality team and will have access to the key stakeholders in the firm.

How you will contribute:

• Communication with key stakeholders including representatives from Member firms regarding systems processes and controls and matters arising from monitoring and remediation
• Periodic review and reconciliation of objectives, risks and controls and assessing the impact on testing programs across the Member firms
• Facilitating in the testing of controls, identifying gaps and the remediation process
• Provision of support with the design, implementation and remediation of controls and preparation of documentation
• Liaison and collaboration with other pillars Network Quality Risk Management Committee in the maintenance and evolution of the firm's quality and risk procedures
• Use and maintenance of software tools to collect, analyze and map data on objectives, risks and controls
• Assistance in the preparation of ad hoc reports for key stakeholders

We are looking for people who have Forward Vision and:

• Strong analytical skills and an eye for detail
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to develop a good rapport with key stakeholders
• Ability to work collaboratively as a team player as well as work independently
• Excellent organization and project management skills and able to work to deadlines.
• Excellent understanding of controls and processes

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• 5 years or more of relevant experience
• Detailed knowledge of ISQM1 and understanding of its requirements
• Knowledge of governance structures and control environments
• Knowledge and experience of recording and reviewing process narratives, identifying key controls and developing on going testing plans for network level controls
• An ability to identify gaps in the current control structure and supporting the design and implementation of new controls to address these

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate Degree
• CPA, ACA, ICAS and/or CA strongly preferred

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City: Charlotte

State: North Carolina

Community / Marketing Title: Quality Management Senior Manager

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With a legacy spanning more than 100 years, Forvis Mazars is committed to providing a different perspective and an unmatched client experience that feels right, personal and natural. We respect and reflect the range of perspectives, knowledge and local understanding of our people and clients. We take the time to listen to deliver consistent audit and assurance, tax, advisory and consulting services worldwide.

We nurture a deep understanding of our clients’ industries, delivering greater insight, deeper specialization and tailored solutions through people who listen to understand, are responsive and consult with purpose to deliver value.

About Forvis Mazars, LLP

Forvis Mazars, LLP is an independent member of Forvis Mazars Global, a leading global professional services network. Ranked among the largest public accounting firms in the United States, the firm’s 7,000 dedicated team members provide an Unmatched Client Experience® through the delivery of assurance, tax, and consulting services for clients in all 50 states and internationally through the global network. Visit forvismazars.us to learn more.

Forvis Mazars, LLP is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or other protected classifications.
It is Forvis Mazars, LLP standard policy not to accept unsolicited referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.

Forvis Mazars, LLP expressly reserves the right not to consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes from vendors including and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies.
Forvis Mazars, LLP further reserves the right not to pay a fee to a recruiter or agency unless such recruiter or agency has a signed vendor agreement with Forvis Mazars, LLP.Any resume or CV submitted to any employee of Forvis Mazars, LLP without having a Forvis Mazars, LLP vendor agreement in place will be considered the property of Forvis Mazars, LLP.