Cindy Fornelli
Grossman School of Business guest speaker
BIO
On Friday, October 13, 2017 Cindy Fornelli, Executive Director of the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), spoke to the current MAcc cohort, as well as local CPAs and accountants at the UVM Alumni House.
Highlights of her talk included that this is a great time to enter the accounting profession, CAQ’s 10th Annual Main Street Investor survey results and the multi-pronged efforts across firms to find top talent.
CAQ’s talent initiative helps attract and retain the best and brightest, enhance diversity, educates students about the auditing profession, communicates benefits of an auditing career, highlights the variety of career paths, and works to dispel myths and misperceptions about a career in auditing.
Cindy also emphasized the connection between the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and other legislation and the auditing profession. Also included were the major investments the auditing firms are making in data analytics, the importance of increasing cybersecurity and the auditor’s need to identify the implications of a breach on the financial reports and the internal controls of an entity, and the continuing fight against financial statement fraud.
Bio
On Friday, October 13, 2017 Cindy Fornelli, Executive Director of the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), spoke to the current MAcc cohort, as well as local CPAs and accountants at the UVM Alumni House.
Highlights of her talk included that this is a great time to enter the accounting profession, CAQ’s 10th Annual Main Street Investor survey results and the multi-pronged efforts across firms to find top talent.
CAQ’s talent initiative helps attract and retain the best and brightest, enhance diversity, educates students about the auditing profession, communicates benefits of an auditing career, highlights the variety of career paths, and works to dispel myths and misperceptions about a career in auditing.
Cindy also emphasized the connection between the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), and other legislation and the auditing profession. Also included were the major investments the auditing firms are making in data analytics, the importance of increasing cybersecurity and the auditor’s need to identify the implications of a breach on the financial reports and the internal controls of an entity, and the continuing fight against financial statement fraud.