45th Annual Accounting & Auditing Conference (In-Person Only)

Description

The 2025 Accounting and Auditing Conference focuses on the development and recognition of accounting principles, auditing standards, and auditing procedures.

A limited number of sleeping rooms have been blocked at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, located at 2705 Central Avenue in Hot Springs, AR. To make reservations, call 501-363-4625 and refer to Booking ID #BKG1045 or Arkansas Society of CPAs 2025 A&A Conference Room Block.

Reservation Deadline: July 5, 2025
Room Rate: Starts at $150

Agenda

    Thursday, July 31, 2025

  • 8:00AM - 9:40AM / General Sessions
    A&A Keynote

    This fast paced course will cover the hottest topics in the audit area. We'll start with a review of the key changes in quality management. Then we'll review the impact of SAS 145 on risk assessment. We'll then review common auditing deficiencies in sampling and then we'll close with a Single Audit Update. Come prepared for a review of what you need to know in auditing!

    Credits

    2 Accounting and Auditing

  • 9:50AM - 10:40AM / General Sessions
    A&A Keynote (continued)

     

    Credits

    1 Accounting and Auditing


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Leaders

Tim Montgomery

Tim joined the Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy as an investigator in 2013. He became Executive Director in May 2023. Tim graduated from the University of Houston – Downtown with a BBA in Accounting in 1992 and passed the CPA exam in 1993. Before joining the State Board, Tim spent most of his career in internal auditing, including Internal Audit Director for USAble Life and Dyersburg State Community College. He lives in Jacksonville, AR with his wife Charlotte. They have four children (ages 30, 29, 24, and 15), three daughters-in-law, and 2.6 perfect grandsons.

Jaclyn Veno

Jaclyn Veno is a licensed CPA and holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in Accounting from Clemson University. Before joining, Galasso Learning Solutions, she was an auditor for two top-10 CPA firms. Jaclyn has extensive experience developing both staff and interns including the onboarding of overseas staff. She has fond memories of her time spent completing dozens of acquisition audits for one growing client. Jaclyn holds certificates in adult learning, instructional design, and training & facilitation from the Association for Talent Development (ATD).

Duncan Will

Mr. Will leverages his more than 40 years of experience in accounting, including public accounting, forensic accounting, consulting, and audit and tax compliance, to deliver to policyholders the high-touch, high-quality CAMICO experience. He works closely with the Loss Prevention Specialists to manage the department’s efforts to deliver policyholder service. Duncan’s specialties are accounting and auditing and business valuation-related risk management. He advises policyholders through the CAMICO Loss Prevention Hotline, speaks to CPA groups, and writes articles on a wide range of accounting risk management and ethics topics. Topics of particular interest include complying with the AICPA’s Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services, doubts about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, cyber-security, and serving clients in the cannabis industry.

Mr. Will began his accounting career in 1979 as a staff accountant in the Washington, D.C. area and spent most of his public accounting career in California and Florida. He earned a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Maryland and is Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics. A Certified Fraud Examiner, Duncan is an active member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; has supplemented his education with college courses at the University of Baltimore, Golden Gate University, and Florida Atlantic University; and welcomes opportunities to expand his knowledge over a broad spectrum of accounting-related curricula.