Tag: 2023 Annual

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Faculty and EY Collaborate on Audit Curriculum Development

Accountancy faculty members Jon Pyzoha, Matt Wieland, and Brian Ballou were busy in the month of June as they worked on restructuring the financial statement audit (ACC 453/553) and graduate assurance (ACC 653) courses to reflect the industry’s shift to a digital, platform-based audit approach and expansion of the service from financial reporting to financial/ESG reporting and, likely, to integrated reporting (which includes additional, nonfinancial information).

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KPMG Staff and Accountancy Faculty Discuss Changes to the Audit Landscape

In August, Professors Jon Pyzoha, Brian Ballou and Dan Heitger visited KPMG Cincinnati to advance their understanding of audit technologies and ESG audit methodologies in the quickly evolving audit landscape. They spent a day with a number of KPMG professionals in audit technology and ESG methodology, including Brian Foster (audit technology business office lead partner), Carl Gerber (audit chief data officer), Paige Wolfenden ’10 (ESG professional practice director), and Kaitelln Gruver (audit managing director).