Auditing April 6, 2026
AI is Co-Writing End-of-Month Financial Reporting. Here’s What that Means for Auditors
In many organizations, AI is becoming embedded in core accounting workflows during the end-of-month process.
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October 20, 2021
Dave Mundy – 2021 20 Under 40 Top Influencer
Dave Mundy – 2021 20 Under 40 Top Influencer President & FounderAudit Dashboardwww.auditdashboard.com Career highlights: Favorite podcasts include select episodes from: Work Life TED with Adam Grant, and The Tim Ferriss Show (Guests: Jim Collins, Howard Marks, Drew Huston, Tobi Lutke and Chris Sacca to name a few). See all of the 2021 “40 Under...…
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October 20, 2021
Kari L. Hipsak, CPA, CGMA – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree
Kari L. Hipsak, CPA, CGMA – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree Senior Manager – Firm Services AICPAwww.aicpa.org Career highlights: The first highlight is integrating my passion for mental health and emotional intelligence in my career. I truly had no idea what I was getting into years ago with a blog and Facebook live for the...…
October 20, 2021
Private Firms Struggle to Meet ASC 842 Lease Accounting Standard Dec. 15 Deadline
With barely two months remaining before the Dec. 15 deadline when ASC 842 becomes enforced, as many as one-third of private company executives feel unprepared to comply with the lease accounting deadline and most firms (78%) are primarily collecting ...
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October 20, 2021
Steven Bong – 2021 20 Under 40 Top Influencer
Steven Bong – 2021 20 Under 40 Top Influencer CEO AuditFile www.auditfile.com Career highlights: I started AuditFile with my brother while I was in college. Today we have thousands of customers all over the world! Favorite books/websites/podcasts/speakers/bloggers that you find influential cpapracticeadvisor.com currently reading The Clash of Cultures by John C. Bogle See all of...…
October 20, 2021
Alexandria A. Romero, CPA, MPAcc – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree
Alexandria A. Romero, CPA, MPAcc – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree Director of Finance Pueblo City-County Library District www.pueblolibrary.org Career highlights: Passing the CPA exam after a 10 year break from testing Receiving my Master’s in Professional Accounting in order to be eligible for the CPA license after my break Working in nonprofit, governmental, and...…
October 20, 2021
Kevin Bong – 2021 20 Under 40 Top Influencer
Kevin Bong – 2021 20 Under 40 Top Influencer Co-founderAuditFile www.auditfile.com Career highlights: Kevin is a co-founder of AuditFile, where he works closely with Steven Bong to execute the Company’s vision for designing a simple-to-use, sophisticated cloud-based audit automation solution that empowers firms to prepare for the future of auditing. Kevin draws on his dual...…
October 20, 2021
Daniel Werner, Ph.D, CPA – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree
Daniel Werner, Ph.D, CPA – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree Senior ConsultantNERA Economic Consulting https://www.nera.com/experts/dr–daniel-werner.html Career highlights: I am a Senior Consultant in the San Francisco office of NERA Economic Consulting, Inc., where I provide economic, financial, accounting, and statistical analyses to clients on a variety of issues. My assignments typically involve the analysis of...…
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October 20, 2021
Al-Nesha Jones-Holiday, CPA, MBA – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree
Al-Nesha Jones-Holiday, CPA, MBA – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree Founder + CPA ASE Group www.ASEgroupoffices.com Career highlights: I started my career at the prestigious Big 4 Accounting Firm, EY, as an audit professional. During my time at EY, I worked on the audits of Fortune 100 companies and was granted the opportunity to participate...…
October 19, 2021
Susan C. Allen, CPA.CITP, CGMA – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree
Susan C. Allen, CPA.CITP – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree Senior Manager – Tax Practice & EthicsAICPAwww.aicpa.org Career highlights: My career passion is to humbly serve the accounting and tax profession. Embracing technology and the progression of our profession, I aim to provide insights on emerging issues to help tax and financial professionals effectively serve...…
October 19, 2021
Grant Thornton Awarded Patent for Innovative Technology
Grant Thornton created this system to significantly enhance general ledger analysis by assessing risks related to each financial reporting transaction. The firm began developing Whole Ledger Analytics over four years ago and has incorporated it into ...
October 19, 2021
The 2021 CPA Practice Advisor “40 Under 40” Professionals and “20 Under 40” Influencers
The awards recognize 40 professionals who are under 40, and have emerged as future leaders in the profession, and 20 who are under 40 and leading the development of technology that serves the profession.
October 19, 2021
Dr. Holly Rhiannon Hawk, Ph.D, CPA, CGMA – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree
Dr. Holly Rhiannon Hawk, Ph.D, CPA, CGMA – 2021 40 Under 40 Honoree LecturerUniversity of Georgiahttps://www.terry.uga.edu/directory/accounting/holly-r-hawk.html Career highlights: CPA Evolution Information Systems and Controls Task Force member, focusing on the development of a high-level model curriculum with topics and learning objectives for the Information and Systems Controls discipline of the 2024 CPA exam Inducted into...…