Charles Ripetta

About Charles Ripetta

Charlie started at Kearney in 1995, which had less than 10 employees. As a result, he has a depth of experience not easily matched in the industry because as a staff member at a small company he had to deliver on several different types of engagements while providing quality services to facilitated growth. Now as a Partner at a firm with over 500 professionals that is in the top 50 CPA firms, Charlie has planned, led, and participated in several types of engagements including financial management consulting, audit and attestation services, business process re-engineering, financial system implementations, information system audits and attestations, forensic audits, and transaction processing. He provides these services in several segments that included Defense, Healthcare, Housing, Finance, Non-Profit/Grants, Research & Development, and Legislative.Charlie is well versed in the following:• American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA) standards, • Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), • Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, • Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) concepts and standards, • Department of the Treasury (Treasury) requirements, • National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) requirements and guidelines, • Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) standards and concepts, • Federal Audit Manual (FAM), • Federal Information System Control Audit Manual (FISCAM), • Government Accountability Office (GAO) Green Book, and • Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Internal Control Framework.

Experience

1. Partner

   Kearney & Company

   Jan 1995 — Present

   Manage CMS, FDIC, HUD, PBGC, HRSA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac accountsManage multiple engagements outside accounts including DFAS, USMC, DOT, and VA that includes Audit, Examinations, IT Audit, Performance Audit, and Financial Management ConsultingManaged the Firm\'s Quality Control ProgramManage multiple types of engagements including IS Assurance, Financial Audits, Examinations, Agreed Upon Procedures, Internal Control engagements, Financial Management engagements, IS consulting engagements, and System Implementation engagements

Education

• West Virginia University

  B.S. Accounting, Accounting and Information Systems

  1990 — 1995

Skills

• External Audit
• Financial Audits
• Internal Controls
• Healthcare Information Technology (Hit)
• Ssae 16
• Process Control
• Information Security
• Accounting
• Leadership
• Financial Analysis
• Information Technology
• Microsoft Office
• Sop Development
• Single Audit
• Quality Control
• Regulatory Examinations
• Statistics
• Data Analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Auditing
• Grant Monitoring