Develops and updates CPA and EA tax-focused curriculum, including textbooks, lectures, questions, flashcards, and related learning materials. Reviews SME content, maintains mappings to technical guidance, trains subject matter experts, and guides production teams. Manages content development timelines, supports custom curriculum projects, monitors accounting profession trends, collaborates cross-functionally, and applies instructional design principles to explain technical accounting concepts.
Position Overview
The primary responsibility of the Sr. Specialist is the development and updated of our CPA and EA curriculum with a focus on tax. The Sr. Specialist is expected to bring technical expertise and knowledge of the accounting profession to provide best-in-class learning and continuing education to accounting professionals
What You'll Do
• Write content as needed
• Review CPA course materials developed by subject matter experts (SMEs) including textbooks and lectures
• Write and/or review CPA course questions, flashcards, and other course components
• Provide guidance to production team on images to be used in course material
• Train SMEs on the use of CPA course templates
• Assist in the maintenance of CPA mapping to technical guidance
• Assist in the development of curriculum for custom content projects
• Follow developments and trends in accounting profession and plan the timely development and updates to course material to respond to these developments
• Complete other duties as assigned
• Collaborate and respond to inquiries from cross functional teams
• Manage the development and timelines of course content developed by SMEs
• Leverage instructional design principles to convey technical accounting concepts
• Review CPA course materials developed by subject matter experts (SMEs) including textbooks and lectures
• Write and/or review CPA course questions, flashcards, and other course components
• Provide guidance to production team on images to be used in course material
• Train SMEs on the use of CPA course templates
• Assist in the maintenance of CPA mapping to technical guidance
• Assist in the development of curriculum for custom content projects
• Follow developments and trends in accounting profession and plan the timely development and updates to course material to respond to these developments
• Complete other duties as assigned
• Collaborate and respond to inquiries from cross functional teams
• Manage the development and timelines of course content developed by SMEs
• Leverage instructional design principles to convey technical accounting concepts
What You'll Need to Succeed
• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in business, finance and/or accounting required; master's degree preferred
• CPA required
• 5-10 years of experience in the accounting and tax profession with content or technical development preferred
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects
• Strong organizational and resource management skills
• CPA required
• 5-10 years of experience in the accounting and tax profession with content or technical development preferred
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects
• Strong organizational and resource management skills
Nice to have
Enrolled Agent (EA) designation
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