Acting Chief Accountant, Office of the Chief Accountant, to Speak at SEC Professionals Group Quarterly Meeting

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The SEC Professionals Group, a leading community for thousands of financial reporting practitioners, today announced Paul Munter, Acting Chief Accountant of the Office of the Chief Accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, will speak at its quarterly meeting on September 13, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time. The meeting is open to the public and to attendees of the Workiva Amplify user conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“The Commission's willingness to answer questions submitted by members on a variety of hot topics underscores the strong relationship and open lines of communication the SEC wants to have with SEC registrants,” said Jonathan Gregory, SEC Professionals Group Member.

Mr. Munter was named the Acting Chief Accountant in February 2021. Since 2019, he has served as Deputy Chief Accountant leading the international work in the agency’s Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA). Prior to joining the SEC, he had extensive professional experience in both academia and as a partner at KPMG.

“We are excited to welcome the SEC back for the fourth year in a row and hear from them directly about the OCA’s priorities to help our members navigate the challenges they face,” said Michael Coke, SEC Professionals Group Committee Sponsor.

Attendees will hear about OCA’s priorities and focus areas. Mr. Munter will also share his perspectives on recent OCA statements, including the FASB's agenda, materiality assessments when evaluating errors, climate disclosure rulemaking, and auditor independence in response to questions submitted by SEC Professional Group members.

For more information on attending the meeting visit the SEC Pro Group website: secprofessionals.org/events/92634.

About SEC Professionals Group

The SEC Professionals Group is a community of in-house professionals who actively prepare and file financial reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Our exclusive community of more than 10,000 members represents over two-thirds of large U.S. public companies and also includes membership from many smaller companies. The group is nationally sponsored by Workiva (NYSE:WK).

Additional SEC Professionals Group sponsors include:

Accounting Career Consultants, Aston Carter, Brilliant, Broadridge, Equity Methods, Houlihan Lokey, K&L Gates, Ice Miller, iMatch, Intelligize, The Intersect Group, Marshall & Stevens, RobertHalf, RGP, Stout, The Siegfried Group, SolomanEdwards, Stinson, Two Degrees, Vaco, Valuation Research Corporation, and Wilson Sonsini