Senior Specialist, Tax Curriculum

Responsibilities

• Develop new content and maintain existing content for Becker’s tax products and courses
• Follow developments in the tax profession and plan the timely development of content based on current events and new pronouncements
• Write and/or review questions (e.g., multiple choice, simulation, essay)
• Track development of course content and report regularly to management on development status
• Provide guidance to production team on content design and on the tables, graphics and images used in content
• Collaborate and respond to inquiries from cross functional teams
• Review course content developed by subject matter experts (SMEs)
• Coordinate the projects and timelines of course content developed by SMEs
• Train SMEs on the use of course templates and learning platforms
• Leverage instructional design principles in the development of content and courses
• Assist with instructional design of new and existing content according to Becker’s proprietary design templates
• Maintain library of current pronouncements, changes to tax law, exposure drafts of potential future pronouncements and inform SMEs of changes in authoritative literature to ensure that course content is current.
• Review and critique the Becker learning platform and other learning tools.
• Exhibit strong communication (both written and oral) and coordination skills as this role will require interface with SMEs at various levels as well as corporation with cross-functional teams

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a focus in business, finance and/or accounting preferred.
• CPA and/or CMA credential required, CPA or dual CPA/CMA is preferred
• Master’s degree with 2+ years’ experience with content development preferred
• 5+ years expertise in Taxation
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects
• Strong organizational and resource management skills
• Strong Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Adobe Acrobat skills
• Experience with project management tracking tools