Jan Hauser is Vice President – Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for General Electric Company (“GE”). Prior to joining GE in 2013, she was a partner in the Accounting Services Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) National Professional Services Group. In addition, Hauser also served as a Professional Accounting Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission from 1991-1993.
Hauser is on the Committee on Corporate Reporting of Financial Executives International. In addition, she had been a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC), a group that advises the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on matters related to board projects and agenda prioritization from 2013 through 2015. She was also on the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) from 2005 through 2011 and a member of the Financial Reporting Committee of the Institute of Management Accountants, an organization that regularly provides commentary and feedback on important standard-setting activities.
Hauser is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and is a Certified Public Accountant. Ms. Hauser is on the Board of Trustees for The Holderness School.