Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit Supervisory Attorney

Financial Reporting And Accounting Unit Supervisory Attorney

In this role as a Financial Reporting and Accounting Unit Supervisory Attorney, you will be responsible for:

• Supervising a team of attorneys as part of overseeing complex investigations involving potential violations of the federal securities laws, which may include public company financial reporting violations, accountant and auditor failures, violations of Sarbanes-Oxley standards, auditor independence violations, and fundamental audit quality failures.
• Leading the development and execution of investigative and litigation strategies, including identifying and marshalling relevant evidence, assessing auditor, accountant, and company conduct, and evaluating compliance with relevant professional auditing and accounting standards.
• Ensuring the production of high-quality work products demonstrating command of relevant accounting and auditing standards, and the federal securities laws, including using sound judgment to evaluate evidence, identifying patterns of audit or accounting failure or disclosure misconduct, and synthesizing complex financial and legal information to reach well-supported conclusions.
• Supervising multiple complex investigations simultaneously, setting priorities, and developing innovative legal strategies to address novel questions of accounting, auditing, and financial disclosure law.
• Serving as the Commission's lead representative in all aspects of federal court litigation and administrative proceedings, including actions against auditors, audit firms, and public company issuers, as needed.
• Consulting and advising Division leadership, Associate Directors, Unit Chiefs and others on administrative matters relating to budget, personnel, and unit procedures.