[Hiring] Project Manager, Audit Quality Risk Management @RSM US LLP

Role Description

The AQRM Project Manager is a non-technical project leader responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering cross-functional quality and risk initiatives across the firm. This role supports regulatory inspections, manages internal inspections, drives remediation and action-plan tracking, and manages reporting and stakeholder communication. The PM ensures timelines, quality standards, and handoffs are met, proactively escalates risks, and enables teams with templates, tools, and disciplined execution cadences.

What You’ll Do

• External Regulatory Inspections
  • CPAB (firm and file inspections): Coordinate planning, schedules, access, and evidence requests; prepare and consolidate responses to RFIs; run stakeholder collaboration to obtain timely, complete documentation; manage communications.
  • CPAB remediation & fee reporting: Track findings to closure; facilitate debriefs; convert lessons learned into actionable improvements; drive annual fee reporting through review, submission, and follow-ups.
  • Provincial regulators (e.g., CPA Alberta): Build inspection schedules and client listings; standardize templates and kickoff materials; support in-person sessions; manage rapid-turn responses.
  • CIRO & RSM Global inspections: Maintain question templates, distribute to teams, manage communications and follow-ups; coordinate Canada’s responses to global prerequisites.
• SOQM / CSQM 1 Program Management
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to maintain SOQM artifacts and status; run daily checks, resource plans, project plans, and weekly reporting; testing and conclusions; schedule archiving snapshots; prepare leadership slides and deliverables.
  • Facilitate planning sessions, monitor data trends, and prioritize tasks to keep the program on track.
• Internal Inspections & Coaching
  • Prepare file selections and leadership materials; run weekly project plan check-ins; monitor action items; support inflight reviews/coaching surveys to stabilize engagements.
• Monitoring & Remediation
  • Own firm-wide action-plan tracking (status, owners, due dates); ensure timely updates and closure; produce transparent reports for committees and leadership.
• Dashboards, Tools & Process Improvement
  • Advance the audit quality dashboard (data gathering, automation decisions); maintain CLEAR process analyses and authorization list reviews; design standard templates and macros to streamline findings summaries and responses.
• Other Portfolio Responsibilities
  • Manage PCAOB registration Form 2 submissions; support partner rotation logistics; coordinate AQRM projects and meetings; handle ORM rotations and general administrative items as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree
• 3+ years of project/program management in Audit Quality, Risk Management, or Assurance operations.
• Skills in data management, populating reports, mapping and advanced excel skills (Preferred)
• PMP or a Finance/Risk Management related degree (Preferred)
• Knowledge of accounting and public accounting environments (preferred)
• Demonstrated success coordinating multi-stakeholder efforts under tight timelines with disciplined prioritization.

Requirements

• Strong planning, scheduling, and risk management; excellent written/verbal communication with regulators, partners, and cross-functional teams.
• Data-driven mindset for dashboards and action-plan monitoring; ability to translate lessons learned into practical process changes.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits and compensation package
• Flexibility in your schedule, empowering you to balance life’s demands while serving clients

Company Description

RSM does not tolerate discrimination and/or harassment based on race; colour; creed; sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances; sex (including pregnancy or disabilities related to nursing); gender (including gender identity and/or gender expression); sexual orientation; national origin; ancestry; familial or marital status; age; physical or mental disability; citizenship; political affiliation; medical condition (including family and medical leave); domestic violence victim status; past, current or prospective service in the Canadian uniformed service; Canadian Military/Veteran status; pre-disposing genetic characteristics or any other characteristic protected under applicable provincial employment legislation.

Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available upon request in connection with the recruitment process and/or employment/partnership.

RSM is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or otherwise participate in the recruiting process, please call us at 800-274-3978 or send us an email at [email protected].

Compensation Range: $56 - $84 per hour