Total Credits: 16 including 2 Accounting - Technical, 4 Auditing- Technical, 3 Accounting (Governmental) - Technical, 3 Auditing (Governmental) - Technical, 1 Information Technology - Technical, 3 Specialized Knowledge - Technical
CPAs in state and local governments face a unique and rapidly-changing set of challenges. The playing field is in constant motion.
FICPA's State & Local Government Accounting Conference provides training (in-person or via online simulcast) to help them navigate the ethical and practical demands of public services.
Attendees will also have the chance to network with other CPAs and professionals in the field.
Thursday, August 22, 2019
8:00-8:10 am - Introduction & Opening Remarks
8:10-9:50am - GASB Update - 2AA
Lisa Parker
9:50-10:05 am - Break
10:05 - 10:55 am - Cybersecurity Trends for state and Local Government - 1TB
Trevor Krause
10:55-12:35 pm - Yellow Book and A&A Update - 2AA
Yvonne Clayborne
12:35 -1:25 pm - Lunch
1:25 - 2:15pm - Data and Analytics in Auditing: Past, Present and Future - 1AA
Sean Dennis
2:15 - 3:05pm
Emerging Issues in Government Accounting and Auditing - 1AA
Lynda Dennis
3:05 - 3:20pm - Break
3:20-4:10pm - Working in the Sunshine: An Overview of Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine Laws - 1AA
Laura Donaldson
4:10-5:00 pm - OPEB Lessons Learned - Panel Discussion - 1AA
James Rizzo, James Halleran, with Joel Knopp (moderator)
Friday, August 23, 2019
8:00 - 9:40 am - Nailing Down Accounting and financial Reporting for Capital Assets - 2AA
Stephen Gauthier
9:40-9:55 am - Break
9:55-10:45am - Auditor General - 1AA
Derek Noonan
10:45-11:35am - Legislative Update - 1TB
Justin Thames/Laura Youmans
11:35-12:35 pm - Lunch
12:35-1:25 pm - Third Party Risk Management and Third Party Controls Due Diligence - 1AA
Kassi Wilson
1:25-3:05pm - Fraud Brainstorming and Interviewing Techniques for Auditors and Accountants - 2AA
David Cotton
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Sean Dennis
Assistant Professor of Accounting
University of Central Florida
Sean Dennis is currently a faculty member in the Kenneth G. Dixon School of Accounting at the University of Central Florida. Prior to this, he served on the faculty at the University of Kentucky. He holds a BBA in Accounting and a MS in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame and a PhD in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to his doctoral studies, he was a Senior Associate at KPMG. During his time at KPMG, he served clients in the financial services industry, including Wachovia Corporation and Wells Fargo and Company. He remains a licensed CPA.
Dennis has taught undergraduate auditing since 2012. In this role, he strives to empower his students to ask difficult questions, understand situations, and think critically. He also conducts research that addresses how auditors can preserve and enhance the value they add to the financial reporting process. His current research addresses judgment and decision making around artificial intelligence, complex estimates, auditor reports, fraud brainstorming, and auditor liability. His research has been presented nationally and internationally, and has been
published in The Accounting Review, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Accounting Horizons, Behavioral Research in Accounting, and Current Issues in Auditing. He and his wife (also a CPA) have three young children.
Lynda M. Dennis, CPA, PhD received her PhD in Public Affairs and her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Central Florida and her under graduate degree in accounting and finance from the University of West Florida. She is a Florida CPA and Certified Government Finance Officer. Lynda is a full-time Lecturer in the Kenneth Dixon School of Accounting at the University of Central Florida. Additionally, Lynda is a contract CPE discussion leader and course developer in the areas of accounting and reporting for governmental and not-for-profit organizations.
Her experience includes serving in a financial capacity, including chief financial officer, in governmental and not-for-profit organizations primarily in Florida. Her experience also includes working as an auditor for local and Big 4 firms with an emphasis in the insurance, government and not-for-profit sectors.
Lynda actively participates in committee and other volunteer work for the AICPA and FICPA and is a frequent speaker at governmental and not-for-profit accounting conferences. She has also previously published a number of CPE courses as well as a book on strategy implementation (both for governmental and not-for-profit organizations).
Justin Thames joined the FICPA in June 2011 as the Governmental Affairs Manager and was promoted to Director of Governmental Affairs in July 2015. In this role, Justin is responsible for leading the Governmental Affairs Department in regulatory and lobbying activities including; developing creative strategies to accomplish the legislative and regulatory objectives, meeting with state legislators and advocating on behalf of the profession in public hearings. Justin also administers the activities and issues of the Florida CPA Political Action Committee, Inc. program, and is responsible for PAC fundraising, interviewing candidates running for the state legislature, and making recommendations to PAC Trustees on which candidates to support.
He is a graduate of Leadership Florida Connect Program, a member of the Florida Association of Professional Lobbyist and has received his Designated Professional Lobbyist (DPL) designation. Prior to joining the FICPA, Justin was employed by the League of Southeastern Credit Unions as the Grassroots and Political Action Coordinator. After briefly attending the University of Mississippi, Justin returned to Florida where he graduated from Florida State University in 2006.
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