Wolters Kluwer Audit & Assurance is seeking a highly experienced Subject Matter Expert (SME) to serve as one of the organizationโs most senior authorities on probabilistic audit, agentic workflows, and nextโgeneration audit content strategy. This role operates at the highest level of subjectโmatter depth and business impact, shaping longโterm direction for intelligent audit capabilities across the enterprise.
You will anticipate industry shifts, influence strategic decisions, and lead highโrisk, highโcomplexity initiatives that span multiple departments. You will be recognized internally as a key expert driving transformation in how audit content, AI agents, and probabilistic reasoning are designed, governed, and delivered. This role requires exceptional judgment, the ability to solve unprecedented problems, and the capability to persuade senior leaders to adopt innovative approaches.
Essential Duties and responsibilities Strategic Leadership & Advisory
- Serve as a senior advisor to executive and departmental leadership, providing expert guidance on probabilistic audit, LLMโdriven reasoning, and emerging audit technologies.
- Anticipate industry, regulatory, and technological shifts and recommend strategic direction for audit innovation, content architecture, and AIโenabled workflows.
- Shape longโterm departmental and crossโfunctional strategy, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals and market evolution.
EnterpriseโLevel Problem Solving
- Solve unique, ambiguous, and highโimpact problems that influence the direction of audit products, platforms, and services.
- Develop innovative frameworks for agentic audit workflows, probabilistic risk assessment, and dynamic audit program generation.
- Establish new methodologies and content models that redefine how auditors interact with intelligent systems.
Internal Expert & Thought Leader
- Act as the organizationโs recognized expert on improvements to audit products, processes, and services, influencing standards across multiple teams and business units.
- Drive the evolution of audit content to support advanced AI reasoning, adaptive workflows, and nextโgeneration audit methodologies.
- Represent the company in internal and external forums, communicating complex ideas to senior audiences and industry stakeholders.
CrossโFunctional Leadership & Execution
- Lead largeโscale, crossโdepartmental initiatives involving significant risk, complexity, and resource coordination.
- Influence resource allocation, prioritization, and investment decisions for audit innovation projects across multiple areas.
- Partner with engineering, data science, product, and platform teams to define enterpriseโlevel integration points, APIs, and capabilities required for intelligent audit systems.
Governance, Compliance & Autonomy
- Establish governance frameworks for agentic audit behavior, probabilistic reasoning, and AIโdriven content generation.
- Ensure innovation efforts maintain compliance with audit standards, regulatory expectations, and enterprise quality controls.
- Provide rapid decisionโmaking pathways and escalation structures to support fastโpaced experimentation and delivery.
Innovation, Prototyping & Industry Foresight
- Lead the design and validation of advanced prototypes, proofโofโconcepts, and experimental audit workflows.
- Drive iterative delivery cycles, ensuring rapid learning and customerโvalidated improvements.
- Monitor industry trends, academic research, and emerging technologies to inform longโterm product strategy.
Communication & Influence
- Communicate complex, abstract, or highly technical concepts to senior leadership, external partners, and crossโfunctional teams.
- Persuade executives and stakeholders to adopt new methodologies, technologies, and strategic directions.
- Translate visionary concepts into actionable plans that drive measurable business impact.
Other Duties
Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Job Qualifications
Education: Bachelorโs Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required. Masterโs degree preferred.
Preferred certifications one or more of:
- CPA (Certified Public Accountant)
- CIA (Certified Internal Auditor)
- CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor)
- CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner)
Experience: 10+ years of progressive audit experience, including leadership in methodology, innovation, or technologyโenabled audit transformation.
- Deep expertise in audit standards, risk assessment, and audit program design.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and drive enterpriseโlevel initiatives.
- Experience with AIโenabled audit tools, LLMโbased systems, or agentic workflow design.
- Background in probabilistic modeling, decision frameworks, or advanced analytics.
- Experience in audit software development, content management, or product design.
Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications
- Exceptional strategic thinking and the ability to anticipate industry shifts.
- Proven ability to lead complex, crossโfunctional initiatives with enterpriseโlevel impact.
- Strong executive communication and persuasion skills.
- Ability to operate autonomously while shaping direction for multiple teams.
- Mastery of analytical reasoning, conceptual modeling, and audit domain expertise.
Travel requirements
None
Physical Demands
Normal office environment.
Compensation
$94,600.00 - $169,100.00 USD
Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process.
Additional Information
Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Wolters Kluwer U. S. Corporation and all of its subsidiaries, divisions and customer/business units is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.