CPA New Brunswick (Chartered Professional Accountants of New Brunswick) invites members to sit on its Board of Directors.
The CPA New Brunswick Board of Directors consists of eleven members: nine CPAs and two public representatives.
This year, there are five board positions to be filled: four (4) CPAs elected by the members of CPA New Brunswick and one (1) Board appointed Public Representative.
Commitment
- Board members are elected for three-year terms (maximum two terms), and Public Representatives are appointed for two-year terms (maximum of three terms).
- Board members are expected to attend four to five meetings and actively participate in one or more Board committees.
- Board meetings are usually held in-person, while committee meetings are majorly held virtually.
- Board members are also expected to attend the CPA New Brunswick Convocation ceremony, as well as other CPA New Brunswick related events.
Although it is considered a substantial time commitment of volunteer hours, as a member of the CPA New Brunswick Board of Directors, you will get the experience of working with a superior team while making a notable contribution toward the CPA profession.
Required skills
In 2024, the Board would be well-served with the following sector representation and skills:
- Public Practice representation;
- Knowledge/experience of cybersecurity and protection of privacy issues;
- Knowledge/experience of regulatory compliance; and/or
- Knowledge/experience in Human Resources.
The CPA NB Board also expects candidates to have a baseline knowledge in governance and strategic planning.
Desired competencies
CPA New Brunswick seeks to sustain a Board of Directors that continues to have a holistic and strategic combination of personal attributes, knowledge, competencies, and exposure that ensure that our Board has a diversity of experiences, perspectives, skills, and connections to carry out its governing and oversight functions:
| Governance |
Experience on a Board of Directors or similar body providing oversight with regard to the way organizational standards, rules, and practices are structured, sustained, regulated, and demonstrably accountable. |
| Strategic Planning |
Experience in elaborating strategy, direction, and priorities in alignment with established organizational mission, vision, and purpose. |
| Financial Management |
Experience in resource allocation and in monitoring of monetary resources. |
| Leadership |
Experience in leading an organization or a group of people. |
| Human Resources |
Experience, education, training, or substantial exposure to Human Resources best practice inclusive of recruitment, termination, labour law, employment standards, compensation, and employee benefits administration. |
| Information Technology/Cybersecurity |
Experience or education in the utilization of computers and other physical devices, storage, networking, digital transformation, and artificial intelligence relating to organizational infrastructure and the processes that create, process, store, secure and exchange all forms of electronic data. Experience or education in the understanding of the information that needs to be protected on computer networks, cloud servers, mobile devices, and payment software and how to identify and analyze the potential risks as well as developing strategies to prevent breaches. |
| Risk Management |
Experience identifying, analyzing, controlling, avoiding, minimizing, and eliminating an unacceptable level of organizational risk. |
| Regulatory and Compliance |
Experience or familiarity with regulatory frameworks, self-governing professional obligations, and regime design. |
| Research & Advocacy |
Experience or exposure to the use of research in the design of an integrated advocacy platform. |
| Government Relations |
Experience or exposure to government interactions or the navigation of strategies and positions having influence and impact with elected officials and government leaders. |
| Member Engagement |
Experience or comprehension in member value proposition development and member satisfaction benchmarking. |
| Professional Development |
Experience in the design or advancement of educational and professional development initiatives and strategies. |
| Legal |
Experience or education in law translating to an understanding of the system of rules that regulate the actions of the profession and its membership under enforcement of imposition of penalties. |
| Strategic Thinking |
Disposition to apply unique business insights and innovative thinking that assist with high-level organizational planning, goal setting, priority determination, and identification of threats and opportunities. |
| Collaborative Approach |
Disposition to build relationships, nurture consensus, constructively resolve conflicts, and to effectively contribute to collective well-being – all the while, preserving independence of thought and objectivity. |
| Accountability |
Disposition to accept responsibility for actions, decisions, policies, and obligations to stakeholders, to be transparent and to accurately report, explain, and accept responsibility for organizational actions. |
| Organizational Learning |
Disposition to understand and to improve performance based on experience – a willingness to reflect, to seek out information and expertise, to identify knowledge gaps, to be professionally curious, and to integrate and disseminate lessons learned. |
| Employment/Sector |
Balance in representation – Financial Institution, Public Sector, Industry, Public Practice, Regulatory, Academia, NFP, etc. |
| Region |
Geographic representation – To the extent possible, provide for maximal jurisdictional coverage. |
| Gender |
Attempt to achieve and sustain equal representation. |
| Language |
Reflective of New Brunswick demography and language requirements. |
| Circumstantial |
Unique, exceptional, and under-represented candidate traits having the demonstrable ability to enrich overall Board effectiveness or organizational performance may receive augmented consideration. |
To apply
The call for applications will end at 4:00 pm on Friday, March 22, 2024. No applications will be accepted after that date.
For more detailed information, please contact us at 506-830-3300 or email us at [email protected].
Apply as a CPA Member
Apply as a Public Representative
For more detailed information, please consult the CPA New Brunswick By-Laws.