Senior Specialist, Tax Curriculum

· 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

· 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