Associate Manager, Technical Reviews & Training - CPA

This is a full-time fully remote position open to candidates based in the United States. Please note that, due to business and regulatory requirements, we are currently unable to consider applications from residents of California.

Chazin is a woman-owned firm, established by Adele Chazin in 2005. While accounting is our business, nonprofits are our passion. This passion, coupled with years of practical experience, has made Chazin a premier provider of virtual accounting and finance solutions for the nonprofit sector. Chazin is proud to have been recognized nationwide with Best of Accounting awards for Client Satisfaction and Employee Satisfaction for five consecutive years!

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Chazin is seeking an experienced Associate Manager, Technical Reviews & Training – CPA, to serve as our internal subject matter expert on U.S. GAAP and lead technical accounting training across the organization. This role plays a key part in maintaining quality and compliance standards while building the technical knowledge of our Accounting Services team. This is an excellent opportunity for a CPA with strong nonprofit and public accounting experience who enjoys staying current on emerging standards and strengthening technical knowledge across an organization.

• Review assigned monthly close work papers, reconciliations, and financial statements for accuracy, completeness, U.S. GAAP, and firm procedures. Complete reviews within agreed timelines.
• Evaluate support for significant balances, estimates, unusual transactions, and accounting conclusions. Identify inconsistencies, missing documentation, and departures from firm standards.
• Document clear, actionable review comments; explain the accounting rationale, follow up with preparers, and verify that corrections and supporting documentation resolve findings before clearing assigned reviews.
• Review year-end schedules and supporting work papers for external audits.
• Help engagement teams resolve accounting questions and improve audit readiness.
• Track assigned review status and recurring issues. Report results and capacity concerns to the Manager; escape significant errors, unresolved judgments, and delivery risks promptly.

• Serve as a technical resource for nonprofit accounting matters, including contributions and grants, donor restrictions and releases, net assets, functional expenses, endowments, revenue recognition, and leases.
• Research assigned questions using authoritative guidance; prepare concise memoranda documenting facts, analysis, proposed conclusions, and implementation considerations for Manager review.
• Monitor accounting developments and contribute to updates to policies, close checklists, templates, and training materials.

• Develop and present internal training and approved client-facing education using clear learning objectives, relevant nonprofit examples, practical exercises, and assessments.
• Convert recurring review findings into targeted coaching, job aids, case studies, and refresher training. Support role-based learning and onboarding of new team members.
• Develop reusable curriculum and instructor materials; maintain assigned courses and resources in the firm’s content library or learning platform.
• For programs offered for CPE, prepare content and maintain assigned documentation in accordance with applicable AICPA/NASBA standards and firm sponsor procedures. Support attendance verification, evaluations, certificates, and records…