Financial Statement Shenanigans: Stop Them from Fooling You (X2-29632)

Jay Giannantonio is an advisory principal/senior manager at a global consulting firm, specializing in project management over ERP and finance transformation projects for global firms. He is a frequent speaker at accounting, financial management, and CFO process improvement seminars and conferences. In 2016, 2017, and 2018, he received the Surgent Outstanding Discussion Leader Award due to his consistently high evaluations for knowledge and presentation skills. Giannantonio was the vice president of internal audit for a national commercial construction equipment leasing and retailer in 2005 and 2006. He was the director of CFO advisory services for E&Y from 2007 until he started his own firm in 2011. He began a position at a national EPM consultancy in 2019. He began his career with Coopers and Lybrand (now PwC) in audit and accounting practice, and then he spent nine years in corporate financial management at Verizon/Bell Atlantic. Giannantonio spent over eight years as a director in the World Class Finance Advisory and internal audit practices at KPMG. He also has been an associate adjunct professor at Widener University in the Master of Business Administration program. Giannantonio earned his Master of Science degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an accounting concentration from Drexel University.