UK Endorsement BoardBoard Members
How to ApplyAbout the Roles
Board members represent the best available combination of technical skills and background experience of relevant business and economic conditions to contribute to the development of high quality, global financial reporting standards.
We are seeking four Board members to complement the skillset of the Board, one each with experience as an investor, academic, preparer of accounts or with an accounting firm background.
Proposed Selection Criteria
Criteria
- Proven professional experience as an investor or other user of accounts in sectors that use IFRS and are important to the UK economy.
- Ability to add value to the Board’s understanding of the impact of IFRS from the investor / user perspective.
- Knowledge and experience to contribute to the Board’s strategic direction and thought leadership.
Criteria
- Deep understanding of international accounting standards and financial reporting.
- Ability to add value to the Board’s understanding of relevant empirical research.
- Knowledge and experience to contribute to the Board’s research strategy and thought leadership.
Criteria
- Professional experience using IFRS in a sector that is important to the UK economy.
- Ability to add value from the preparer perspective.
- Knowledge and experience to contribute to strategic direction and thought leadership.
Criteria
- In-depth specialist IFRS accounting knowledge to support robust decision-making.
- Support the Board’s assessment of complex technical accounting matters.
- Eligibility for those recently retired from accounting firms and with complementary audit committee experience.
- Acting in an independent manner in the UK public interest, in all matters relating to their Board member role, and therefore not regarding themselves as representing their organisation. Where relevant, they are expected to inform the Board of their organisation’s views, and reasons for these views, to help inform the debate. This is to ensure the Board remains independent in its decision-making.
- Providing advice and guidance to the Secretariat and technical input in particular areas of expertise.
- Representing the four guiding principles of the organisation: transparency; accountability; independence; and thought leadership.
- Proven background and expertise in financial reporting and the ability to understand the procedures used by the IFRS Foundation to develop international accounting standards and the UK framework for their endorsement and adoption.
- Good communications skills and the ability to take part in constructive debate in a Board setting.
- The ability to analyse complex issues, identify salient issues and to offer up potential solutions for further debate.
- One of the professional background categories listed above.
Previous experience of operating at Board level, or equivalent.
Salary: £14,000 for 20 days a year (or £182,000 pro rata per annum)
Expected Start Date: March 2026
Appointments are for a fixed term of up to three years and may be renewed for up to a further three-year term. The length of the second term is flexible, to allow for a staggered rotation of members to ensure Board continuity. In exceptional circumstances, one further term may be granted for a maximum of 12 months.
