If you've found yourself wishing you had a bigger voice in how auditing should be regulated, here's a golden opportunity to pipe up. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is accepting nominations for two-year terms to its Standing Advisory Group.

The board is looking for anyone with expertise in accounting, auditing, corporate finance, corporate governance, or investing in public companies. Given the PCAOB's mandate under the Dodd-Frank Act to begin regulating broker-dealers, the board also is looking for folks with expertise in auditing or financial reporting related to broker-dealers and smaller public companies.

Martin Baumann, chief auditor at the PCAOB, says the SAG is integral to the PCAOB's standard-setting process. The group meets two to three times annually to discuss and debate various auditing and standard-setting issues. “The insights and knowledge that the SAG members provide are a tremendous resource to the PCAOB in carrying out its mission to protect investors,” Baumann said in a statement.

At its most recent meetings, for example, the SAG explored issues such as the auditor's reporting model, the COSO internal control framework, risk assessment, audit firms' duty to supervise their audit staff, third-party confirmations, quality control systems, and more.

The PCAOB is looking for individuals who will accept the appointment personally, not on behalf of any organization they represent with plans to delegate the duties to other staff members. Individuals can nominate themselves or someone else, and nominations are accepted from both individuals and organizations.

Nominations are open through June 16 for two-year terms covering 2012 and 2013. Appointments will be announced in November. The SAG currently has more than 30 members, about half of whom will roll out of the group when their terms expire at the end of this year.