Sr. Analyst, Continuing Education Quality & Compliance

Under the direction and guidance of the Director, CE + Experience, the Senior Analyst, CE Quality & QA serves as the operational lead for CFP Board’s Continuing Education (CE) quality, compliance and integrity framework. This role will assist in the design and implementation of a comprehensive, risk-based oversight model that ensures consistency, credibility, and adherence to CFP Board standards, while strengthening trust across the CE ecosystem.

Additionally, this role identifies systemic risks, informs CE policy evolution, and enhances the experience and effectiveness of CE Sponsors through clear guidance, proactive communication, and continuous improvement.

This position requires cross-functional collaboration to uphold CE program integrity, drive policy alignment, and deliver measurable impact. The Senior Analyst serves as the central point of accountability for CE quality and compliance, ensuring consistency and effectiveness across all related initiatives. This role operates as a highly collaborative partner across Certification, Education, Legal, and Technology functions, ensuring alignment of CE standards, processes, and systems with CFP Board’s broader certification strategy.

• Ensure alignment of CE quality and compliance framework with organizational priorities and industry standards.
• Identify systemic risks and gaps across CE program design, delivery, and reporting; recommend solutions to strengthen program integrity.
• Translate audit findings and stakeholder feedback into actionable insights to inform CE policy, standards, and operational improvements.
• Partner cross-functionally to align CE compliance practices with broader content and certification strategies.

• Implement and lead a formal CE audit program within a broader quality and compliance framework, ensuring a risk-based, consistent, and defensible approach.
• Establish and maintain audit protocols, including sample sizes, frequency, documentation standards, and escalation procedures.
• Manage standardized audit tools, templates, and sponsor communication workflows.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of the CE compliance program, from planning and implementation through monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Review and refine audit methodologies to balance rigor, efficiency, and the CE Sponsor experience.

• Documentation audit, workflows, and quality benchmarks to support consistent and defensible outcomes.
• Collaborate with Legal, Education, and Technology teams to integrate compliance processes into systems and policies.
• Maintain a centralized, trackable compliance history to support trend analysis, reporting, and enforcement decisions.
• Evaluate existing CE policies to improve clarity, consistency, and alignment with organizational priorities.
• Provide data-driven recommendations to leadership on CE policy enhancements based on audit outcomes, industry trends, and stakeholder feedback.

• Ensure CE programs adhere to NCCA accreditation standards and CFP Board policies and guidelines.
• Maintain full audit coverage of non-registered, self-reported CE activities.
• Track audit results, issue findings, and recommend corrective actions or enforcement as appropriate.
• Identify recurring compliance issues and trends; recommend updates to policies, guidance and quality standards.
• Implement measurable quality assurance standards to ensure consistency, objectivity and a clear, predictable Sponsor experience.

• Manage a peer-based CE Advisory Group to support content quality review and re-review of complex or high-impact programs under the leadership of the Director, Continuing Education and Experience.
• Facilitate ongoing engagement to ensure diverse professional perspectives inform audit decisions and quality thresholds.
• Integrate Advisory Group insights into CE and experience quality standards, audit criteria, and policy interpretation.

• Lead training and guidance for CE Sponsors on compliance expectations, audit readiness, and best practices.
• Serve as a subject…