Manager, Regulatory Affairs

Position: Manager, Regulatory AffairsCompany: The Chartered Professional Accountants of ManitobaType: 2 Full Time Hybrid PositionsLocation: 1675 –1 Lombard Place, WinnipegImagine a position where YOU play a key role in protecting the public by ensuring members adhere toregulations and the code of professional conduct.Imagine a position where YOU can bring your superior critical thinking skills to manage and analyzemember regulatory obligations as you administer the complaints process.Add a tight knit, collaborative team, a challenging variety of work, and an excellent work-lifebalance, and you have imagined a position at The Chartered Professional Accountants of Manitoba.The Chartered Professional Accountants of Manitoba:The number ONE responsibility for The Chartered Professional Accountants of Manitoba (CPA Manitoba)is to protect the public by ensuring that all Chartered Professional Accountants operating in theprovince are ethical, competent, and accountable. CPA Manitoba is a professional regulatory bodythat represents more than 9,000 CPA members, candidates, and students. CPA Manitoba protects thepublic interest through the setting and enforcement of rigorous educational, experience,professional and ethical standards as well as providing a fair and efficient way of investigatingand adjudicating complaints of members, candidates, students and firms. Our organization values teamwork, equity and respect, information sharing, continuous feedback,supportive workstyle, and open communication. If you want to work in a culture where your opinionis respected, and where you will have access to stellar learning opportunities, this position isfor you. Our employees are top notch. We live and are guided by our values daily. Our workspace andworkdays are flexible because we believe in helping our employees maintain a work-life balance.You will succeed here if you are:Excellent Communicator – you will be collaborating with not only our internal team but withexternal legal counsel, executives, members, and your colleagues across Canada. Your verbal stylemust be confident, reassuring, positive, and clear.Analytical – you must be able to identify discrepancies, spot relevant details and useinvestigative skills to obtain and compile all necessary information.Organized – you are self-motivated and manage your time well and can organize and reorganize yourday to meet often conflicting priorities and deadlines.Leadership skills – you possess leadership skills that you wish to develop.The Position:The primary focus of the Manager, Regulatory Affairs is to support the complaint intake process ofCPA Manitoba. The Manager will be responding to inquiries from the public, members, firms, andstudents/candidates regarding the CPA Manitoba Code of Professional Conduct, Bylaws and Policies,and will take the lead role investigating conduct complaints against members of the profession.The position package includes:•Excellent salary remuneration depending on experience•Comprehensive benefits 100% Employer Paid•Company RRSP Contributions•Flex Days•Hybrid Work environment•Professional Development Fund•Vacation and Sick DaysKey Responsibilities Include:Professional Conduct: Complaints & Investigations•The complaints process is handled in accordance with The Chartered Professional Accountants Actof Manitoba & CPA Manitoba Bylaws•Execute and take the lead role pertaining to investigations of complaints against members of theprofession. Specific tasks include:•Reviewing materials and developing investigative plans and budgets;•Conducting interviews with witnesses and members in accordance with the powers afforded to the investigatorundertheCharteredProfessional Accountants Act of Manitoba and the Bylawsof CPA Manitoba;•Gathering and managing evidence with an understanding that such information may be subject todisclosure and tendered as evidence before the Discipline Committee;•Preparing reports and related evidentiary document briefs that will be relied upon by theComplaints Investigation Committee (CIC) in carrying out the mandate of the CIC;•Appearing before the CIC to speak to the investigation report and answer the queries by the CIC,as required;•Assisting external legal counsel in drafting charges and preparing for Hearings.•Manage the administration of complaint tracking system•Preparation of agenda packages for and coordination of Complaints Investigation Committee (CIC)meetings•Attend discipline hearings as staff support to legal counsel for CIC•Recruitment and engagement of committee membership for legislative committees for both CPAs andPublic Representatives•Respond to telephone and written enquiries from the public, members, firms andstudents/candidates in the following areas: CPA Canada Handbook, CPA Manitoba Code of ProfessionalConduct, CPA Manitoba Act and Bylaws and Complaint intake process.The ideal candidate will possess the following:•Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Designation considered an asset•An understanding of, and professional experience in, public accounting•Diploma in Investigative and Forensic Accounting or Master of Forensic Accounting or Equivalentwould be an asset•Legal education and knowledge of legal and administrative law concepts, principles andterminology would be an asset•Preference given to candidates who have experience as a forensic accountant with a preferencefor experience in:•Executing investigative files independently from the planning stage through completion of areport;•Conducting interviews;•Preparing investigative reports; and•Providing expert testimony in a legal environment•High level of professionalism and demonstrated ability to deal with difficult situations andindividuals tactfully•Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, with particular emphasis on theability to use diplomacy when dealing with fellow members and members of the public•Strong problem solving, analytical, organizational and time management skills•Proven ability to explain technical material - verbal and written•Exceptional leadership qualities to mentor and coach team members and potential reports•Ability to multi-task; manage multiple investigations as well as participate in CPA Manitobaadministrative matters•Management skills to identify, develop, review, and establish efficienciesEquity, Diversity, and Inclusion Statement:CPA Manitoba is committed to working toward fostering an environment that is accessible, diverse,equitable, and inclusive for our members, our employees, and our communities. We encourageapplicants from traditionally underrepresented groups to apply. Examples of underrepresented groupsinclude people with disabilities (both visible and invisible), Indigenous peoples, people ofcolour, women, non-binary individuals, and members of the LGBTQ2S+ community, to name a few.We thank all applicants for their interest in CPA Manitoba. Please note, only applicants selectedfor an interview will be contacted. CPA Manitoba is committed to the principles of theAccessibility for Manitobans Act (AMA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment, andselection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicantswith disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiringprocess, please contact careers@cpamb.ca.How to apply:Please submit your resume to careers@cpamb.ca by April 16, 2024.

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