Editor, Standards

2 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada Full time

**About Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada**

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) works collaboratively with the provincial, territorial and Bermudian CPA bodies, as it represents the Canadian accounting profession, both nationally and internationally. This collaboration allows the Canadian profession to champion best practices that benefit business and society, as well as prepare its members for an ever-evolving operating environment featuring unprecedented change. Representing more than 220,000 members, CPA Canada is one of the largest national accounting bodies worldwide.

**The Opportunity**

**What you’ll do**
- The Editor provides copy editing expertise for the technical materials for the CPA Canada Handbooks in an efficient, effective and timely manner to ensure standards are produced correctly
- Ensures production integrity and reviews documents for proper style and format and adhering to established style guide conventions
- Works closely with internal stakeholders for project planning, management and coordination of production, translation and proofing of Handbook materials and other documents
- Monitors projects to ensure production problems and issues are addressed
- Assesses work order parameters, prioritizes assignments, and meets deadlines
- Updates style guide conventions, templates and resources and ensures technical staff are provided with current versions
- Coordinates with internal stakeholders to implement and support processes to help meet demands and timelines
- Initiates ongoing in-person quality assurance reviews with technical staff with the goal of improving processes

**What we’re looking for**:

- 3-5 years of copy editing experience, ideally related to technical content
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and build effective working relationships regardless of level or technical background (i.e. VP., Directors, Principles, Language Services, MS, Web Publishing etc.)
- Detail oriented, accurate and can co-ordinate the required level of consistency across Standards
- Highly organized, procedure and schedule oriented; able to plan and manage multiple projects / tasks effectively
- Proactive, problem solver
- Ability to work independently in a self-directed manner while still being an excellent team player
- Demonstrated skill in working collaboratively in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment with ability to meet critical deadlines without compromising standards
- Knowledge of Accounting terminology i.e. Accounting 101 an asset

**What it’s like to work here**

**Organization values**

We create a collaborative and constructive culture by:

- Acting with Integrity - Fostering Excellence - Respecting Others - Working Collaboratively - Being Accountable


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