Phillip Austin CPA

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 

Phillip Austin has over 27 years of public accounting experience, including client-facing service delivery; public policy, strategy and regulation; and audit quality and professional practice oversight. For a significant portion of his career he has served in a client service partner role, providing audit and other attest services to a diverse mix of privately and publicly held clients. His experience includes auditing, ICFR attestation, IFRS and US GAAP technical accounting advisory. He has substantial experience in establishing strategy and instituting transformation programs that change the way audits are delivered, and improving the audit experience for clients and professionals executing audits. Currently, Phillip serves as the BDO’s National Managing Partner of Auditing. In this role, he oversees the how we perform our Public and Private Company audit and attestation services, including the technical support functions for the Nonprofit, EBP and SOC practice groups. Phillip will focuses, among other things, helping refresh our audit strategy, leading transformation of our approach to audit execution, enhancing our approach to audit methodology consultations with the practice, further developing the reach and depth of our global and IFRS services, and leading the National Audit Team. Phillip currently chairs BDO’s Assurance Committee, which sets firm policy governing the delivery of audit and attestation services. He participates in developing and implementing the firm’s plan for improving audit quality and contributed to the firm’s annual Audit Quality Report. Phillip has provided services to entities in a wide range of industries with a primary focus on financial services, technology, services, manufacturing and mining. 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 
• Illinois Certified Public Accountant Society 
• Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants 
• South African Institute of Chartered Accountants 

EDUCATION 

• Honors and Bachelor Degrees in Accounting Science, University of South Africa