Speaker

Salvatore Collemi

Salvatore Collemi, CPA, licensed as a CPA in New York and New Jersey, is the Managing Member and Founder of Collemi Consulting and Advisory Services, LLC where he relies on over two decades of global business experience to guide U.S. and International public accounting firms, litigation attorneys, valuation experts, the C-suite and related institutions that support the profession in order to promote and enhance audit quality.

 

His practice provides outsourced high-level strategic and technical accounting and auditing guidance. Services include a full range of U.S. and international accounting and auditing consultations, technical reviews of financial statements and workpapers, AICPA Peer Review and PCAOB inspection preparation, perform internal inspections, customized CPE training, independence and ethics consultations, etc.  Mr. Collemi is also a keynote speaker at company retreats and conferences.  His past work experience at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the AICPA, combined with his previous roles as external auditor and technical partner to both national and international public accounting firms, gives him a keen understanding into the mindset of both regulators and standard-setters that he shares with his clients.

 

As a recognized subject matter expert on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Mr. Collemi was named by the AICPA as an official participant in the development and review of IFRS questions for the Uniform CPA Examination and served as the IFRS Expert-at-Large for the AICPA Board of Examiners Content Committee from 2011-2014. Mr. Collemi also served as AICPA liaison to the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) Transnational Auditors Committee and Global Peer Review Subcommittee to assist in the development of an international quality assurance review program.