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Bio
Stacie has 18 years of experience in public accounting. She specializes in serving nonprofit organizations, higher education, social service, healthcare and religious organizations, and she has extensive experience providing single audit services. She also provides audits, reviews and other attestation services to for-profit entities in the retail, consumer products, financial services and professional services industries. Stacie serves as the nonprofit industry leader in the Armanino Growth Office.
She works collaboratively with her clients, to keep them informed of accounting regulations that can impact their audit. She also provides specialized expertise on complex accounting issues, including revenue recognition, convertible debt instruments, investments and fair value measurements, endowment accounting, equity compensation, board governance and benchmarks for financial performance. In addition, she has experience performing gap analyses and developing process and workflow charts to strengthen internal controls and mitigate risk.
Stacie is a licensed CPA and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas and California Societies of CPAs. She was featured in the October 2018 edition of the CalCPA magazine for her cover article on revenue recognition. She is a former adjunct professor of accounting at the University of San Francisco, and she received a B.S. in accounting and an MBA from Arizona State University. Stacie is the Chair of the Armanino Women’s Advancement Network and sits on the Women in Leadership Advisory Panel at the University of Houston, Bauer College of Business.
*Stacie holds her interest in the firm through SEK SERVICES, PLLC
Experience
In the higher education sector, small and medium-sized colleges and universities will face increasing challenges around controlling costs, increasing enrollment and balancing the financial aid packages they offer. If they can’t address these problems, some colleges may be acquired or merged with other institutions, or may have to cut back on programs.
Although technology is also a challenge for many organizations, it will be part of the solution. Institutions can leverage technology to drive efficiency and control costs, or to improve the effectiveness of their marketing, for example.