Harold Zeidman CPA

Mr. Zeidman served as a partner in the Audit Group of KPMG LLP's Department of Professional Practice (DPP) for the last 12 years of his 39 years at KPMG and worked extensively on assurance matters. He assisted in the development of firm wide methodology tools as well as assisted engagement teams in resolving audit and assurance related technical matters. He also assisted in preparing KPMG responses to proposed auditing standards and has assisted in drafting such responses for the Center on Audit Quality.

Firm roles include the following:

• DPP Topic Team Leader for Internal Control over Financial Reporting
  
• DPP Topic Team Leader for Attestation and Other Reports
  
• DPP Topic Team member for Reports and Audit Issues
  
• DPP Liaison for KPMG's Investment Management Practice
  
• KPMG SEC Reviewing Partner
  
• KPMG national training instructor
  
• Served as a KPMG Computer Audit Specialist

Outside of KPMG, Mr. Zeidman:

• Served as a member of the AICPA's XBRL Task Force
  
• Served as a member of the AICPA's 2008 Audit Sampling Guide Task Force that revised the AICPA's Audit Sampling Guide and assisted with the 2012 update of that guide
  

Mr. Zeidman is a Certified Public Accountant and was with KPMG for over 39 years. Prior to joining DPP, he provided audit client services. Prior to joining KPMG, he received his MBA and BA degrees from the University of Chicago. Mr. Zeidman currently works as a consultant on assurance matters and instructed auditing classes at Arizona State University.