Background
►Senior Manager in the Americas Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) practice based in Dallas, focusing on a broad range of technical accounting topics.
►Joined Ernst & Young in 2005, spending seven years in the Assurance practice in Fort Worth and subsequently joining the Americas National Professional Practice Accounting group in New York City, spending several years there before returning to client service in the Dallas FAAS practice in 2015.
►BBA and Masters of Accountancy from Abilene Christian University, CPA (2006), member of the AICPA and Fort Worth chapter of the TSCPA,
Skills
►Deep knowledge of US GAAP and IFRS in numerous technical accounting topics, such as share-based payments, earnings per share, bankruptcy, fresh-start and liquidation basis of accounting, deferred compensation, retirement and postemployment benefits, business combinations, consolidation/deconsolidation, financial instruments, leases, income taxes and revenue recognition.
►Experience in a variety of industries, including energy, retail & consumer products, aerospace & defense, real estate, and asset management.
Professional Experience
►Led audits of financial statements and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) for clients in a variety of industries in the assurance practice.
►Significant involvement in resolving technical accounting questions and consultations for hundreds of clients, including Fortune 100 companies and Global 360 accounts spanning a variety of industries and across all regions within the Americas.
►Substantial contributions to EY thought leadership, including writing the weekly National Accounting & Auditing News articles distributed to all US personnel and various widely-distributed publications, such as To The Point, Audit Matters, Financial Reporting Briefs, Corporate Reporting Update, and Financial Reporting Developments.
►Coordinated and presented on various national webcasts for retirement benefits accounting, the new Revenue Recognition standard, the Income Statement Expert Network, and the firm’s “Train the Trainer” program.
►Developed and presented core learning materials Executive Event modules addressing both US GAAP and IFRS
►Involved in recruiting efforts for various universities and the Diversity Mentoring Program, driving headcount growth.
►Has played a key role in several firm-wide initiatives, such as the, Research Tool of the Future project, and the Engagement Quality Reviewer Task force.
►Former member of the Americas Learning Committee, Income Statement Expert Network, and Global Subject Matter Group for compensation-related accounting topics.