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Maria Manasses

Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP

Maria is the Deputy Chief Auditor at Grant Thornton LLP with approximately 30 years of experience in accounting and auditing. She acts as a steward to the accounting and auditing profession at large by supporting young developing professionals, promoting quality work and ethical behavior, and establishing and reinforcing sound professional standards. Maria is primarily focused on audit methodology by supporting the establishment of policies and procedures to comply with auditing and attestation standards, including the development and review of various intellectual and technological resources. She interfaces with others on the implementation of new standards and the implications to methodology, and consults on various technical assurance-related matters across service lines. Maria was also a key player in the development and launch of the firm's global audit methodology. Maria has served on many task forces and committees and has contributed to various professional assurance-related standards, audit guides, presentations, and other publications, internationally and within the United States. Maria served as a member of the Auditing Standards Board (ASB), Audit Issues Task Force (AITF), and chair of the ASB's Risk Assessment Task Force and the ASB's Compliance Audits Task Force. Maria joined Grant Thornton after spending a short period in private industry within investor accounting. Before that, Maria spent numerous years with Arthur Andersen LLP as a firmwide staff accountant, an auditor in financial services, and a national professional standards manager.


Appearances

  • Thumbnail for NAA2112. Deep Dive: Issues in Risk Assessment
    Identification
    NAA2112
    Date
    July 27, 2021
    The AICPA’s Enhancing Audit Quality Initiative identified the auditor’s risk assessment as an area of focus in 2019, in part, because deficiencies in the process of obtaining the required understanding of internal control is a common audit issue identified by practice monitoring programs worldwide.…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Maria Manasses
    Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP
    $4900
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for SAS 145 Introduction
    Identification
    NAA2331
    Date
    June 8, 2023
    Do you think risk assessment is complex? This interactive session will demystify how to tackle the identification and assessment of risks of material misstatement in an audit, with a focus on understanding and scaling key risk assessment concepts in audits of financial statements of less complex en…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Maria Manasses
    Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP
    $4900
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for SAS 145 Deeper Dive
    Identification
    NAA2333
    Date
    June 8, 2023
    Controls, controls, controls! Which ones are important and why? This session will look at the revised control-related requirements in SAS No. 145, _Understanding the Entity and Its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Maria Manasses
    Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP
    $4900
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Group Audits - Consolidating your Knowledge
    Identification
    NAA2312
    Date
    June 6, 2023
    Are you ready for SAS No…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Maria Manasses
    Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP
    Speaker Image for Sara Watson
    Director, FORVIS
    $4900
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Fireside Chat
    Identification
    NAA2315
    Date
    June 6, 2023
    This group of experts will answer your most pressing questions on auditing, accounting, ethics, independence and quality management…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Sara Lord
    Chief Auditor, RSM US LLP
    Speaker Image for Maria Manasses
    Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP
    Speaker Image for James Brackens, Jr.
    Vice President of Ethics and Practice Quality, AICPA & CIMA
    Speaker Image for Mike Cheng
    Partner, Frazier & Deeter
    $4900
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Risk Assessment Under SAS No. 145
    Identification
    GAE2321
    Date
    August 16, 2023
    Are you ready to comply with SAS No. 145? This session will focus on key risk assessment concepts and significant changes associated with SAS No. 145, including requirements related to the components of the entity’s system of internal control…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Marla Hummel
    Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
    Speaker Image for Maria Manasses
    Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP
    $4900
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Update from the Auditing Standards Board
    Identification
    GOV2309
    Date
    October 18, 2023
    This session will update attendees on the current activities of the Auditing Standards Board, including a discussion on the recently effectuated standards and how they will impact planned audit procedures and reporting practices…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Andrew Prather
    Andrew Prather, CPA, CGMA
    Shareholder, Clark Nuber P.S.
    Speaker Image for Maria Manasses
    Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP
    $4900
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Understanding SAS 145: Updates to Audit Risk Assessment
    Identification
    GOV2312
    Date
    October 18, 2023
    Join this session to hear about SAS 145 and the updates to audit risk assessment. Includes key changes in requirements for auditors to be aware of along with practical considerations for your firm's audit methodology for risk assessment…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Maria Manasses
    Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP
    Speaker Image for Andrew Prather
    Andrew Prather, CPA, CGMA
    Shareholder, Clark Nuber P.S.
    $4900
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Control Testing Automation
    Identification
    NAA2417
    Date
    June 5, 2024
    Is control monitoring or testing a candidate for automation? Whether you are management, an internal auditor, or an external auditor, join us to learn about how control test automation may be implemented and tested in an organization…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Maria Manasses
    Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP
    Speaker Image for Ethan Rojhani
    Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
    $4900
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Scaling SAS 145
    Identification
    NAA2418
    Date
    June 5, 2024
    Are you frustrated with the level of effort you put into planning an audit and the value you get out of that exercise? Do you and your audit teams speak the same language when it comes to risk assessment? Let’s “walkthrough” what is required, when, and why…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Maria Manasses
    Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP
    $4900
    Standard Price
  • Thumbnail for Group Audits
    Identification
    NAA2522
    Date
    June 11, 2025
    Are you a group auditor, component auditor, or referred-to auditor? Join us to learn about the new risk-based approach in Statement on Auditing Standards No…

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Maria Manasses
    Deputy Chief Auditor, Audit & Assurance Services, Grant Thornton LLP

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