Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SweetRush Inc. is a global leader in learning and development, seeking a freelance Accounting Industry Strategy Expert to join their Custom Learning team. The role involves collaborating with various teams to create innovative learning solutions for early-career CPAs, addressing talent readiness and retention challenges in the accounting profession.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the learning journey directly addresses the real-world pain points of accounting firms (e.g., modern workload pressures, early-career engagement, effective professional success behaviors, and the CPA talent shortage)
- Collaborate in virtual live workshops to brainstorm immersive simulation scenarios that mimic the actual modern accounting environment and will resonate with the target audience
- Help ensure the solution effectively delivers on its market promise: shortening time to productivity and accelerating competency attainment in public accounting
Skills
- A seasoned industry veteran within public accounting who understands the operational and talent challenges of managing junior staff
- Ability to represent both tax and audit at the entry- to senior-staff level
- Passionate about the evolution of the profession and enthusiastic about cutting-edge learning tech (AI, simulations)
- Comfortable brainstorming in a high-energy, ambiguous, and collaborative environment
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and align with executive-level stakeholders
- CPA preferred but not required
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