IAR25: Compensated Absences and Other GASB Topics
This session addresses recent GASB pronouncements and proposed guidance in the pipeline. This includes compensated absences, financial reporting model changes, endowments, and more.
CPE Available: 1.5 Credits in Accounting Governmental
Each individual must register and attend separately to earn credit.
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Event Information
- Level: Intermediate
- Prerequisites: Minimum 1-2 years of experience as a professional in higher education or a related private industry.
- Advanced Preparation: None
- Delivery Mode: Group internet based
- Field of Study: Accounting Governmental
- Length: 75 minutes
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- Submit the CPE check-out code displayed at the end of the session.
- Download your CPE certificate.
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Shea Bryant
Manager of Financial Reporting
Michigan State University
Shea Bryant has been the manager of financial reporting at Michigan State University for six years after over seven years at Plante Moran where he focused on higher education institutions. Bryant’s department is in charge of preparing the year-end financial statements and implementing new GASB standards as they are issued. Bryant is a member of the NACUBO accounting principles council.
Teresa Edwards
Controller, System Office of Budgets and Accounting
Texas A&M University System
Teresa Edwards, CPA, is an experienced accounting professional with over 35 years of experience issuing and compiling financial statements, analyzing accounting standards, reengineering business processes, testing accounting systems, and managing teams of professionals. Edwards has been the controller at the Texas A&M University system office since 2011. In this role, she is responsible for the oversight of the system office accounting operations, interpreting the impact of new accounting standards to the 24 Texas A&M institutions/agencies, compiling the consolidated annual financial report, assisting IT system enhancements on the accounting system and various other reporting requirements. Edwards also worked at the Florida Department of Financial Services and the Texas Comptroller’s Office. Prior to governmental accounting, she worked in corporate accounting and worked for a CPA firm in the Houston area. Edwards is a graduate of Texas A&M University.
Karl Strauss
Controller
Oregon State Lottery
| Karl Strauss recently joined Oregon State Lottery as the controller. Most recently he served as the accounting director at Oregon Health and Science University while serving on the NACUBO Accounting Principles Council, and has 13 years of higher education experience including years with St. Bonaventure University as the director of finance and controller. He is a chartered financial analyst (CFA), certified public accountant (CPA), and certified healthcare financial professional (CHFP) and prior to higher education, he held a career in investment management. |
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