Jeff Wilks

About Jeff Wilks

Jeff is the Associate Dean of Curriculum and Programs at the BYU Marriott School of Business and the EY Distinguished Professor of Accounting. He is the recipient of the 2022 J. Michael and Mary Ann Cook Teaching Prize and the founder of RevenueHub®, which has published over 100 articles on ASC Topic 606. Jeff served as an academic fellow at the FASB and a technical consultant to the IASB, where he managed the revenue recognition project. He also co-authored the FASB/IASB Discussion Paper on Revenue Recognition, the foundation of ASC Topic 606 and IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Jeff has served as a technical advisor to Connor Group, providing GAAP and SEC reporting guidance to firms preparing for IPO. He has served as a consulting expert for the SEC and an expert witness in various cases. Jeff has served as a member of the FASB’s FASAC and the AICPA’s Revenue Recognition Task Force. He is a member of Deloitte’s Center for Controllership and currently serves on the audit committee of Deseret Management Corporation. He also serves as the Chair of the Board for the Hale Center Foundation for Arts and Education. Jeff recently completed a sabbatical doing research for EY’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Office. He continues to research ways to embed mental health practices into student and auditor workflows. Jeff has published in The Accounting Review; Review of Accounting Studies; Contemporary Accounting Research; Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory; Accounting Horizons, and Management Science. He has also served as Co-Senior Editor of Accounting Horizons.

Experience

1. Chair Board of Trustees

   The Ruth At Doterra

   Jun 2022 — Present

Education

• Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management

  M.S., Accounting

  1995 — 1999

• Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management

  Ph.D., Accounting

  1995 — 2000

• Brigham Young University

  Bachelor of Science, Accounting

  1989 — 1995

Skills

• Fasb
• Ifrs
• Gaap
• Financial Statements
• Revenue Recognition
• Us Gaap
• Consolidation
• Ipo
• Technical Accounting Research
• Financial Accounting
• Sec Filings
• Financial Reporting