Editor, Standards - Toronto, Canada - Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

About Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) works collaboratively with the provincial, territorial and Bermudian CPA bodies, as it represents the Canadian accounting profession, both nationally and internationally.

This collaboration allows the Canadian profession to champion best practices that benefit business and society, as well as prepare its members for an ever-evolving operating environment featuring unprecedented change.

Representing more than 220,000 members, CPA Canada is one of the largest national accounting bodies worldwide.

The Opportunity

What you'll do

The Editor provides copy editing expertise for the technical materials for the CPA Canada Handbooks in an efficient, effective and timely manner to ensure standards are produced correctly
Ensures production integrity and reviews documents for proper style and format and adhering to established style guide conventions
Works closely with internal stakeholders for project planning, management and coordination of production, translation and proofing of Handbook materials and other documents
Monitors projects to ensure production problems and issues are addressed
Assesses work order parameters, prioritizes assignments, and meets deadlines
Updates style guide conventions, templates and resources and ensures technical staff are provided with current versions
Coordinates with internal stakeholders to implement and support processes to help meet demands and timelines
Initiates ongoing inperson quality assurance reviews with technical staff with the goal of improving processes

What we're looking for:

35 years of copy editing experience, ideally related to technical content
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and build effective working relationships regardless of level or technical background (i.e. VP., Directors, Principles, Language Services, MS, Web Publishing etc.)
Detail oriented, accurate and can coordinate the required level of consistency across Standards
Highly organized, procedure and schedule oriented; able to plan and manage multiple projects / tasks effectively
Proactive, problem solver
Ability to work independently in a selfdirected manner while still being an excellent team player
Demonstrated skill in working collaboratively in a fastpaced, timesensitive environment with ability to meet critical deadlines without compromising standards
Knowledge of Accounting terminology i.e. Accounting 101 an asset

What it's like to work here

Organization values

We create a collaborative and constructive culture by: