Susan Jones

About Susan Jones

Specialties: AUDITING AND ASSURANCE STANDARDS EXPERT* Expert in national and international auditing and assurance standards with over 20 years of experience working with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), focusing on auditing standards setting activities.* Experienced public speaker, consistently receiving above-average speaker evaluations.* Excellent technical writing skills.* Strong interpersonal skills.* Well known in the profession.

Experience

1. Senior Director - Global Audit Methodology Group

   KPMG

   Jul 2010 — Present · Montvale, NJ, US

   Ensure that KPMG audit methodology and ESG assurance methodology, including related manuals and electronic tool, are in compliance with US and international auditing standards.* Read and interpret new auditing, assurance and quality control standards and propose how the requirements of the standards should be incorporated into the audit methodology and Firm policies.* Bring consensus between the US Firm and other KPMG network Firms to minimize the differences between the US and international audit and assurance methodologies.* Present internally on new auditing and assurance standards and changes in the methodology and externally on the activities of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB).* Draft or review comment letters in response to proposed auditing and assurance standards and other documents concerning the auditing profession, such as the proposed Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Internal Control - Integrated Framework.* Create or review Firm guidance regarding the implementation of auditing and assurance standards, quality control standards.* Serve as technical advisor to the KPMG representative on the IAASB. Prepare the representative both technically and strategically for IAASB meetings to ensure that the views of the Network are well represented on the Board.* Serve as a member of the IAASB team drafting International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) KPMG, promoted from Director to Senior Director in 2021.

Education

• New York University

  MBA, Finance and International Business

  1991 — 1994

• University of Delaware

  BS, Accounting

  1980 — 1985

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Financial Analysis
• Revenue Recognition
• Internal Controls
• Assurance
• Auditing Standards
• Finance
• Financial Reporting
• Technical Writing
• Policy
• Auditing
• Accounting
• Cpa
• Auditing Standards Expert
• Financial Statements
• Us Gaap
• Public Speaking
• Sec Filings