James Remis CPA, CGMA, MA

Jim has had simultaneous accounting, auditing, consulting and financial management responsibilities during his lengthy career in public accounting and accounting standards setting and trade association environment. Since 1991, Jim has been Partner in charge of audit operations of Federman, Lally & Remis LLC. Jim works with clients in a wide variety of industries while specializing in manufacturing, retail, and Not-for-Profit organizations. In addition, he has been a consultant on GAAP Accounting for several states including Connecticut, Mississippi, Louisiana and West Virginia. He is a frequent speaker — discussion leader for accounting, auditing and business related programs for the AICPA, State CPA groups, national law firms and other organization and is a recipient of the CSCPA and AICPA outstanding discussion leader awards. Jim also uses his not-for-profit expertise as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He also serves on The Board of Visitors of the Yale Graduate School of Music and the Leadership Council of Yale’s summer music festival in Norfolk Connecticut. Jim is a CPA in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, West Virginia and Illinois and holds a Master of Arts in Economics and Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. He has served on the AICPA Not-for-Profit Experts Panel and the AICPA NFP Audit Guide Revision Panel.