Michael Maloney joined the SEC as Chief Accountant of the Division of Enforcement in February 2014. Prior to joining the SEC he was a managing director with Navigant Consulting Inc., where he led the firm’s forensic accounting practice. Maloney has more than 25 years of experience advising on financial accounting and reporting, including GAAP, GAAS, and SEC reporting issues. He has led teams conducting complex forensic investigations in high-profile accounting, securities, and other fraud matters. His work experience includes many analyses performed for people under civil and criminal investigations for accounting, auditing, and financial reporting-related violations. He has provided expert witness assistance on a variety of subject matters, including testifying at trials. Earlier in his career, he performed and supervised financial statement audits at public and private entities in a variety of industries.
Maloney, who began working at Navigant in 2002, was previously a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP. He has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, where he has taught an MBA-level course in forensic accounting. He is a certified public accountant and certified fraud examiner, and he holds a certification in financial forensics. He earned his B.S. in Accountancy with high honors from the University of Illinois.