Featured Speaker

Jared Silver

Background
Jared is a senior manager in KPMG’s Chicago office. He has over 15 years of experience providing auditing services to the healthcare industry, real estate entities, and telecommunication companies. He provides technical support to entities in addressing and resolving complex accounting, auditing, reporting and SEC related issues. Jared also spent three years in KPMG’s national office where he was responsible for developing firm positions on accounting and audit related matters.

Professional and Industry Experience
Jared has provided professional audit services to several large multinational corporations in accordance with PCAOB requirements, U.S. GAAP, and IFRS. His audit experience includes servicing clients from not-for-profit healthcare companies, real estate trusts, financial service companies, and pension plan audits. He has a thorough understanding of SEC rules and regulations and has been involved in numerous debt and equity offerings.  Jared also assists on the AICPA Healthcare Revenue Recognition task force.
Jared has managed several complex financial audits for clients in a variety of sizes. Core strengths and accomplishments include:
  • Continues to serve on a firm national level as an instructor for both overall audit methodology and accounting update trainings
  • Developed training curriculums to be used by KPMG on a national level for firm trainings
Technical Skills
  • Financial Statement Audit and Risk Management
  • Federal Government Grant Compliance Requirements
  • Business Continuity
  • Regulatory Compliance, including Sarbanes Oxley
Publications and Speaking Engagements
  • Frequent speaker and panelist with KPMG’s campus recruiting team
  • Presents at various educational forums on a variety of accounting and auditing topics as well as risk management and ethics
Other Activities
Current member of the AICPA