Michael Gonzales

About Michael Gonzales

Michael is an accounting and risk professional who brings together perspectives and insights from a variety of roles including as an accounting standard-setter (Associate Fellow at the Financial Accounting Standards Board) and banking regulator (Professional Accounting Fellow at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors).

Experience

1. Partner

   EY

   Jul 2017 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Michael is a New York-based partner in EY\'s Professional Practice group in charge of developing audit methodology and enablement for financial services, financial instruments and digital assets/blockchain. Michael more broadly covers audit matters impacting the financial services industry, including banking, capital markets, insurance, wealth and asset management. Michael also draws from his variety of private and public sector experiences to provide unique perspectives on the interaction amongst financial accounting, risk management, financial regulation and public policy. Michael represents EY on the AICPA\'s Digital Asset Working Group (auditing and attestation subgroups).Michael previously served as a technical accounting partner in Professional Practice, covering the accounting for financial instruments and focusing in particular on the adoption of the current expected credit loss (CECL) accounting standard.

Education

• University of Notre Dame

  Masters, Accountancy

  2002 — 2003

• University of Southern California

  Bachelors, Accounting

  1998 — 2002

Skills

• Financial Accounting
• Gaap
• Internal Audit
• Credit Risk
• Derivatives
• Financial Analysis
• Mortgage Servicing
• Internal Controls
• Assurance
• Investments
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Gaap)
• Capital Policy
• Banking
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Financial Reporting
• Capital Markets
• Auditing
• Accounting
• Loan Accounting
• Mortgage Banking
• Valuation
• Bank Regulation
• External Audit
• Financial Services
• Financial Statements
• Us Gaap
• Portfolio Management
• Sec Filings
• Loans