Senior Accountant - CPA

Job summary

Lead complex investigations into allegations of professional misconduct, developing risk-based plans, gathering and weighing evidence, and assessing potential breaches of professional standards. Serve as the technical accounting and assurance expert, and present investigation findings to senior leadership and professional conduct committees.

Job details

Senior CPA Professionals– Contract 65-70.00 per hour – 12 months – Hybrid - Toronto If you're 5–15+ post designation and public practice you already know how to read a file, spot what doesn't add up, and write it up so it holds. What if that skill set stopped serving a client engagement and started protecting the public interest? Are you in-between roles or recently restructured? Our client is looking for an experienced CPA to join its team of likeminded professionals. You'll lead investigations into allegations of professional misconduct, applying your technical and investigative expertise to complex regulatory matters. You won't be advising on someone else's risk. You'll be the technical expert who determines whether the standards were met. Why practice CPAs make the move Your assurance expertise becomes the deciding voice. You'll serve as the technical accounting and assurance subject matter expert across complex investigations. You own the investigation, start to finish. Build risk-based investigation plans, gather and weigh evidence, and assess potential breaches of professional standards. Your work goes to the top. You'll present findings to senior leadership and the committee responsible for professional conduct decisions. It's a credential most practitioners never get. Regulatory investigation experience sets you apart, whether your next step is forensic, risk, compliance, or back into practice at a more senior level. The work is the client. Your focus is integrity and accountability, not recovery rates or engagement budgets. What you bring CPA designation in good standing, plus a post-secondary degree 5–10 years of relevant experience, with a strong public accounting or industry experience as a controller. Sharp analytical judgment and proven report-writing skills Confidence presenting to committees and senior stakeholders Comfort managing a diverse, complex caseload under competing deadlines Bonus points: CFE, CFF, CBV, MFAcc, or DIFA, or hands-on forensic accounting engagement experience. What's in it for you $65-70.00 per hour depending on experience Hybrid model: 3 days on-site Learning and development, stretch projects, and real exposure to the regulatory side of the profession A 12-month contract is a low-risk way to test a different kind of CPA career! Perfect for someone who is between roles. Interested candidates can send their resume to ljackson@optionscs.com or reach out to Laura directly at 416-420-6160

What you’ll do

Lead complex investigations into allegations of professional misconduct, developing risk-based plans, gathering and weighing evidence, and assessing potential breaches of professional standards. Serve as the technical accounting and assurance expert, and present investigation findings to senior leadership and professional conduct committees.

Requirements

Requires a CPA designation in good standing, a post-secondary degree, and 5–10 years of relevant experience, preferably in public accounting or industry as a controller. Candidates should have strong analytical judgment and report-writing skills, confidence presenting to committees and senior stakeholders, and the ability to manage a complex caseload; forensic credentials or experience are an asset.

Benefits

• Learning And Development
• Stretch Projects
• Exposure To The Regulatory Side Of The Profession

Listed skills

• Assurance · Preferred
• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Technical Accounting
• Assurance
• Investigations
• Risk-Based Investigation Planning
• Evidence Gathering And Assessment
• Professional Standards Assessment
• Analytical Judgment
• Report Writing
• Committee Presentations
• Stakeholder Communication
• Caseload Management
• Forensic Accounting
• Regulatory Compliance
• Public Accounting

Job areas

• Finance & Accounting
• Government & Public Sector
• Legal

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