Jackson Day, who is currently a partner in professional practice at EY, will begin his new role at the FASB this July. Day has spent most of his 38-year accounting career at EY, which he initially joined in 1986 on the audit staff in St. Louis. Rising through the ranks at the firm, his career path later took him to London, New York, and Munich serving as EY Global’s director of capital markets, as well as EY’s U.S. chief accountant.
He also served as the deputy chief accountant and then later as acting chief accountant in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, DC, from 2000-03. In addition to being a FASB practice fellow, Day has also been a member of the board’s Emerging Issues Task Force. He is a current or former member of numerous leadership and advisory groups in the accounting profession.
Day earned his undergraduate degree in business administration at Kansas State University.