As Audit Partner Quality Control, you will lead the firm's audit quality management, oversee compliance, mentor team members, and guide strategic initiatives to enhance audit quality and consistency while liaising with regulatory bodies.
BPM – where caring and community is in our company DNA; we are always striving to be our best selves; and we’re compelled to ask the questions that lead to innovation. As a senior leader within BPM’s Assurance practice, you will provide strategic oversight of the firm’s audit quality management system and champion a culture of audit excellence. You will help shape the firm’s long-term quality strategy, influence audit methodology, and guide the development of future leaders.
Working with BPM means using your experiences, broadening your skills, and reaching your full potential in work and life—while also making a positive difference for your clients, colleagues, and communities. Our shared entrepreneurial spirit drives us to see and do things differently. Our passion for people makes BPM a place where everyone feels welcome, valued, and part of something bigger. Because People Matter.
What you get:
· Total rewards package: from flexible work arrangements to personalized benefit structures and financial compensation options that give you choice and flexibility
· Well-being resources: interactive wellness platform and incentives, an employee assistance program and mental health resources, and Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs)
· Balance & flexibility: 14 Firm Holidays including 2 floating, Flex PTO, paid family leave, winter break, summer hours, and remote work options, so you can balance challenging yourself with taking care of yourself
· Professional development opportunities: BPM fosters a strong learning culture centered on continuous leadership development, including executive coaching and access to BPM University—our internal learning platform offering live classes, workshops, and seminars that support technical excellence, people leadership, and firm-wide impact.
Who is successful at BPM:
· Caring people who put others first
· Self-starters who embody the BPM entrepreneurial spirit
· Authentic individuals with a diverse point of view
· Lifelong learners with a drive to excel
· Resilient people who rise to the occasion
Responsibilities
· Provide firmwide leadership over quality management in accordance with PCAOB, AICPA, international standards and firm policies, as well as relevant state board of accountancy regulations and SEC regulations
· Oversee quality management systems, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with APLR for the firm’s international operations, growth, and the firm’s international BPM Network.
· Lead quality control team performing internal inspection processes, including pre-issuance and post-issuance reviews, to assess compliance with professional standards and firm methodology.
· Evaluate audit execution quality, identify systemic issues, and recommend corrective actions to enhance audit quality and consistency.
· Lead root-cause analyses of audit deficiencies and oversee remediation plans, including policy updates, training initiatives, and process improvements.
· Serve as a key liaison for external regulatory inspections (e.g., PCAOB, peer review), including preparation, coordination, and developing responses to findings, as well as periodic reporting requirements.
· Providing consultative guidance to engagement teams on complex or high-risk audit matters, including independence questions.
· Review and approve audit quality-related policies, procedures, and guidance in collaboration with Quality Control committee and Audit Methodology leadership.
· Report audit quality trends, inspection results, and remediation progress to firm leadership and governance committees.
· Promote a culture of audit quality, professional skepticism, and accountability across the assurance practice.
· Mentor and develop assurance team members related to audit quality.
Requirements
· CPA license required; advanced credentials or certifications a plus
· Minimum of 12–15+ years of public accounting audit experience, including senior leadership responsibility
· Prior experience in audit quality control, internal inspection, professional practice, or regulatory review roles
· Deep knowledge of PCAOB and AICPA standards, quality control frameworks, and inspection processes; international compliance exposure preferred
· Demonstrated ability to independently assess audit quality and exercise sound professional judgment on complex technical matters
· Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence senior partners and firm leadership
· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience communicating inspection results and recommendations at the executive level
· Proven ability to balance independence with collaboration in a firmwide oversight role
· High level of integrity, discretion, and commitment to quality and professional standards, laws · and regulations
This position is not eligible for third-party or agency submissions. We will not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or staffing agencies.
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