Senior Manager – Audit Quality, Inspection Support

KPMG•Abbotsford, BC

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

At KPMG in Canada, our people bring their unique perspectives to Canada’s most important challenges. Here, you can build momentum that reaches beyond our business, develop skills for the future, and take ownership of your career with support at every stage. Join a firm where your career can make a difference. Your work matters. As part of our Audit & Assurance practice, you’ll deliver high quality work that supports trust, transparency, and confidence across both public and private organizations. We foster an environment of high challenge, where curiosity and critical thinking are encouraged. Through high support, including progressive learning, strong coaching, inclusive teamwork, and a shared commitment to integrity, we perform at our best – measuring what matters, recognizing impact, and continuously evolving to deliver excellence. This creates a culture where the best work happens when high challenge and high support work together. That balance is how our values show up—in how we work, how we lead, and what we deliver. KPMG’s Department of Professional Practice (DPP) is in search of a high-performing candidate to support the annual inspection cycle and help enhance audit quality across the firm. This role will work closely with regulators, engagement teams, leadership in DPP and Business Unit Professional Practice Partners.

Requirements

Canadian CPA designation or international equivalent
8+ years of experience in a large professional services firm
Exceptional knowledge of KAEG-I and KPMG Clara Workflow required with also having knowledge of KAEG-P preferred.
Experience as an audit manager/senior manager on Reporting Issuer engagements required with PCAOB experience preferred.
Prior internal and/or external inspection experience
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail and ability to generate high quality deliverables.
Experience and proven ability to manage team members and projects successfully and direct the work of others.
Ability to work in a deadline driven environment.
Confidence and resilience in dealing with senior partners and challenging situations.
Strong interpersonal skills, high emotional intelligence, and professional maturity; demonstrated ability to effectively interact and build professional relationships.
Awareness of the sensitivity of information received and appropriate handling.
Proficiency in English at a business level is required.

Responsibilities

A key resource for the external inspection cycle including the Request for Information (RFI) process.
A primary contact with the external regulators, senior leaders, and partners within the firm.
Support engagement teams with courageous and empathetic conversations, active listening of external requests, oversight of engagement team coordination and ensuring engagement teams have the right level of support.
Use your technical proficiency to review engagement team deliverables, provide open and honest feedback and ensure external requests are appropriately responded to.
Guide engagement teams through the remediation process to ensure timely and sufficient resolution.
Support audit quality matters through the development and implementation of improvement opportunities as well as sharing of overall observations within DPP.
Participate in DPP, Audit Quality projects and initiatives, as required.
To maintain connectivity with your sponsoring office, we encourage a commitment of approximately 200 hours per year to work on engagements in your region during your rotation, either as part of an engagement team or in an EEA Review role.