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Joint Policy Statement Joint Task Force Concerning Communications between Actuaries Involved in the Preparation of Financial Statements and Auditors (JPS Joint Task Force)

Summary

The JPS Joint Task Force consists of representatives from the auditing and actuarial professions to develop a Joint Policy Statement regarding communications between actuaries and auditors.

Staff Contact(s)

Chi Ho Ng, CPA, CA Principal, Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

Role & Responsibilities

The role and responsibilities of the JPS Joint Task Force includes assisting the AASB with updating the existing Joint Policy Statement Concerning Communications between Actuaries Involved in the Preparation of Financial Statements and Auditors to reflect relevant developments and to codify good practices.

Meetings

The JPS Joint Task Force meets privately throughout the year. Results of the JPS Joint Task Force meetings serve as the basis for agenda papers presented to the AASB.

Keep up to date on this project via the Joint Policy Statement Concerning Communications between Actuaries Involved in the Preparation of Financial Statements and Auditors project page.

Membership

The JPS Joint Task Force consists of:

  • 4 audit practitioners;
  • 4 actuaries; and
  • 1 AASB member.

Gus Van Helden

Towers Watson
Calgary,
Member

Heather George

CPA, CA
Grant Thornton LLP
Moncton, NB
Member

Jessica Macht

CPA, CA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Toronto, ON
Member

Jessie Foster

CPA, CA
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
Ottawa, ON
Member

Lesley Thomson

Sun Life Financial
Toronto, ON
Member

Pierre Lepage

KPMG LLP
Member

Jacques Tremblay

Oliver Wyman
Co-Chair

Janice Deganis

CPA, CA, CMA
Ernst & Young LLP
Waterloo, ON
Co-Chair