Professional Level Accounting, Assurance & Ethics Simulation Examiner

ICAEW’s ACA is regarded as the qualification for business leaders and attracts talented students from a variety of backgrounds worldwide. We are currently looking for a professional from a business or academic background to join our Professional Level Accounting, Assurance and Ethics Simulation as an Examiner, within the ACA qualification.

Job description

Examiners work in accordance to guidelines set by ICAEW. Main responsibilities are to:

• Prepare the exam and mark schemes consistent with the syllabuses.
• critically assess the quality of questions and candidates’ answers for each exam and prepare the post exam material with commentaries for publishing.
• organise the marking of written scripts with the assistance of the Moderator or team.
• report on the marking and results of the exam.
• organise the marking of written scripts with the assistance of the Moderator or team; lead the marking session throughout; undertake marking of scripts as appropriate, including in sessions run by other exam team members.
• attend meetings of the Examination Review Board to critically assess other ACA exam subjects.
• meet representatives of the tutorial organisations and ICAEW selected publishing partner for the Core Learning Materials to discuss the aims and objectives of the syllabus as interpreted in recent exams and suggest changes
• review and sign off changes to the Learning Materials.

Person specification

ICAEW Examiners are experts in their subject area, drawing from commercial and/or academic experience and applying this within an assessment framework. You may be changing career path, looking for additional work to expand your portfolio, or already be working as a freelancer in the professional qualifications space. You will likely have recent experience of teaching, setting or marking professional accountancy examinations, usually in the subject area for which you are applying. ICAEW membership is desirable, and membership of at least one relevant professional body is essential.

Applicants for the post will need to demonstrate the following skills and attributes:

• membership of a recognised professional body
• specialism in accounts preparation, audit and assurance and application of ethics together with a firm grounding in the fundamentals of professional accountancy, particularly in relation to the ACA qualification
• team player
• willingness to work collaboratively with senior moderators and with ICAEW staff
• flexibility and responsiveness to identified needs
• attention to detail
• ability to work to strict deadlines
• respect for the confidential nature of ICAEW’s examination process
• interest in developing modes of assessment
• knowledge and experience of developing syllabus
• experience of writing objective testing questions

Please note that examiners are not permitted to teach ICAEW students at the relevant level, if appointed.

Remuneration

Fees are fixed and paid quarterly. A daily rate for any additional work will be paid on a time spent basis.

How to proceed

Please send your CV and a statement detailing:

• how you meet the person specification
• why you would be interested in becoming an ICAEW examiner.

ToExaminerRecruitment@icaew.com by 11^th April 2024

Interviews will be held remotely via Microsoft Teams on or around 17^th June 2024