Project Manager, Audit Quality Risk Management (Maternity Leave Coverage - Temporary)

RSM US LLP•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$56 - CA$84•Hybrid

About The Position

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 (CPAB, provincial CPA bodies, CIRO, and RSM Global), Canada’s System of Quality Management (CSQM 1/ISQM 1/SQMS 1), 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.

Requirements

Bachelors degree
3+ years of project/program management in Audit Quality, Risk Management, or Assurance operations.
Demonstrated success coordinating multi-stakeholder efforts under tight timelines with disciplined prioritization.
Strong planning, scheduling, and risk management skills.
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.
High ownership, follow-through, and accountability.
Calm under pressure with proactive escalation and early risk flagging.
Collaborative and service-oriented; able to support teams while holding delivery disciplines (e.g., freeze windows before due dates).

Nice To Haves

Skills in data management, populating reports, mapping and advanced excel skills
PMP or a Finance/Risk Management related degree
Knowledge of accounting and public accounting environments

Responsibilities

Coordinate planning, schedules, access, and evidence requests for CPAB (firm and file inspections); prepare and consolidate responses to RFIs; run stakeholder collaboration to obtain timely, complete documentation; manage communications.
Track CPAB remediation findings to closure; facilitate debriefs; convert lessons learned into actionable improvements; drive annual fee reporting through review, submission, and follow-ups.
Build inspection schedules and client listings for provincial regulators (e.g., CPA Alberta); standardize templates and kickoff materials; support in-person sessions; manage rapid-turn responses.
Maintain question templates, distribute to teams, manage communications and follow-ups for CIRO s RSM Global inspections; coordinate Canada’s responses to global prerequisites.
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 SOQM / CSQM 1 Program on track.
Prepare file selections and leadership materials for internal inspections & coaching; run weekly project plan check-ins; monitor action items; support inflight reviews/coaching surveys to stabilize engagements.
Own firm-wide action-plan tracking (status, owners, due dates); ensure timely updates and closure; produce transparent reports for committees and leadership.
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.
Manage PCAOB registration Form 2 submissions.
Support partner rotation logistics.
Coordinate AQRM projects and meetings.
Handle ORM rotations and general administrative items as assigned.