Join The ARQ

ARQ (pronounced "Ark") is a private community of assurance quality and risk management professionals (primarily for partners, managers, and emerging assurance quality leaders in Small and Medium Practitioner CPA firms) that meets every third Thursday of each month. 

Each month, the community will explore one quality management issues, and develop actionable steps that firms can implement immediately. 

Plus, you could earn up to 1 hour of verifiable / professional development credit — while solving real-world challenges!


Why ARQ is Designed for SMPs

SMP firms operate differently:

  • Partners and leaders juggle multiple roles

  • Managers lead files, reviews, training, and staff performance

  • Quality responsibilities sit on one or a very small team, not a department

  • Less opportunity for independent consultation on accounting, assurance and risk topics

  • Inspections hit hard

  • Staff turnover creates real exposure

  • SoQM implementation is hard and uneven just like in many other firms!

ARQ is built for your firm's reality!

ARQ brings together the professionals like YOU — who carry the responsibility for quality, compliance, risk management and firm-wide improvement — and gives you the community you’ve never had!

Use our forever discount codes at checkout!


Try before you commit long-term. Your first meeting with The ARQ is 100% free and all subsequent meetings are 50% off for up to 10 participants.


To book your slot in The ARQ, follow this simple 3-step process:

  1. Select one of the upcoming meeting dates from our calendar below.
  2. Complete your information (name, email, etc.) and complete the payment.
  3. Receive your booking confirmation and secure meeting passcode via email.

    ARQ100OFF

    All Participants

    100% Discount, First Meeting!

    ARQ50OFF

    Max. 10 Participants

    50% Discount, Forever!

    Key Highlights:


    ✔ Practical AQRM insights

    Actionable guidance linked directly to audit and assurance, quality and risk management — tailored to the realities of small and mid-sized CPA firms.

    ✔ Inspection-driven topics

    Real findings from practice inspections, internal file reviews, and cross-firm trends that reveal the most common deficiencies in SMP environments.

    ✔ SMP-focused discussions

    Practical conversations that address capacity constraints, multi-role independence issues, documentation challenges, and the unique pressures faced by SMP firms.

    ✔ Case studies + live Q&A

    Realistic scenarios drawn from actual scenarios and member questions, allowing attendees to test judgment, explore alternatives, consult and receive direct input during the session.

    ✔ Verifiable learning hour

    Completion confirmation and a professionally issued CPD certificate that participants can store as part of their learning records and submit for the firm's SoQM compliance evidence.

    ✔ Practical tools & resources

    Downloadable checklists, templates, and one-page takeaways that firms can immediately integrate into their System of Quality Management, engagement workflows, and staff training.

    Absolutely. The ARQ is built specifically for SMPs — not large firms, not academia, and not generic training providers.

    Every session focuses on real inspection findings, documentation gaps, independence challenges, and SoQM challenges and pressures that SMP firms face every day. We discuss actual scenarios, real file issues, and practical steps that can be implemented immediately. No fluff, no theory dumps — just clear, inspection-ready guidance for busy partners and managers.

    Each ARQ session qualifies for one learning hour which may translate to a verifiable CPD / CPE credit in the participant's jurisdiction.

    Attendance is tracked, and you’ll receive a completion confirmation plus a professionally issued learning certificate that you can retain for your records, submit to your firm for its SoQM evidence. Certificates are delivered digitally and remain accessible for your records. The learning credit may be eligible for CPE / CPD recognition based on the participant's geography and local requirements.

    Yes. the ARQ is intentionally designed as a safe, supportive space for assurance professionals to raise real AQRM questions, without disclosing client or other sensitive information.

    We protect the integrity of discussions and avoid identifying firms, clients or any other form of personal or sensitive information. Partners, managers, and seniors can ask about documentation challenges, practice inspection findings, independence concerns, or SoQM implementation issues. Each session includes a live Q&A segment where questions are answered directly and practically by peers in the network, led by Audimatiq.