Job Title: Senior Manager, Review Engagements Location: Vancouver, BC (On-site) Salary: $120,000 - $140,000 Job Type: Full-Time

About the Opportunity

A confidential mid-sized CPA firm in Vancouver is seeking a Senior Manager with deep experience in review engagement files to lead and expand its review practice. This role is ideal for a seasoned public-practice skilled who is ready to take ownership of complex review files, elevate file quality, mentor junior staff, and work toward partnership.

You'll oversee review engagements from planning through sign-off, strengthen working-paper quality, guide technical accounting decisions, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients across diverse industries. The firm offers a clear runway toward partnership for someone who brings leadership, technical excellence, and a commitment to high-quality client service.

Mandarin or Cantonese fluency is required to support the firm's client base.

What You'll Be Doing

- Lead and sign off review engagement files - planning, execution, documentation, and final partner-level review.
- Elevate file quality - strengthen working papers, ensure ASPE compliance, and maintain consistent documentation standards.
- Provide technical accounting guidance - revenue recognition, impairment, leases, consolidations, and complex ASPE issues.
- Mentor and supervise staff - coach bookkeepers and staff accountants, review their work,



and support professional development.
- Manage client relationships - deliver explicit communication, advisory support, and timely issue resolution.
- Expand the review engagement practice - identify opportunities to grow the division and improve workflow efficiency.
- Contribute to firm leadership - participate in strategic planning, operational improvements, and long-term practice development.
- Work toward partnership - demonstrate leadership, technical mastery, and client-service excellence.

Qualifications

- CPA designation (required)
- 7+ years public practice experience with strong review engagement exposure
- Ability to sign off review files independently
- Strong technical knowledge of ASPE and review-level assurance standards
- Experience supervising staff and managing client relationships
- Fluency in Mandarin or Cantonese (required)
- CaseWare proficiency preferred
- Strong communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills

What's In It for You

- A explicit partnership track within a growing CPA firm
- Full ownership of review engagement files and client relationships
- Prospect to expand and shape the review engagement practice
- Professional development support (CPA dues, courses, conferences)
- A collaborative, supportive team environment
- Competitive compensation aligned to senior-level public practice roles

📌 Senior Manager, Review Engagements (Vancouver)
🏢 Burke Recruiting
📍 Vancouver