Harry C. Zislin, CPA
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908-***-**** ************@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
Manhattan CPA Firm -Managing Director 2017-2024
Managed the audit and accounting practice involving health care, educational and non-profit entities including direction and mentoring of assigned audit staff.
Established firm’s professional standards department that included development of firm’s policies on latest FASB pronouncements and auditing standards.
Extensive experience in application of internal controls for public and private entities.
Experienced with Quickbooks applications.
Berkeley College, Becker Professional Education, Rutgers Business School, Seton Hall University 2012-2017
Adjunct professor/lecturer in accounting, auditing, economics curricula.
Managed subject matter experts developing chartered accounting curriculum at Becker.
Nationally Recognized Tax Advisory Firm – Managed Office Business 2011-2012
Supervised 8 professional staff providing individual federal and state tax services.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Director, Audit Quality-Retired 1992-2009
Demonstrated expertise in applying GAAP, GAAS and PCAOB standards to complex accounting, auditing, financial reporting and SEC matters. Enabled the Firm to successfully present appropriate responses to external inspectors and regulators.
Designed and implemented the U.S. Firm's quality inspection programs for its accounting and auditing practice covering one-third of the U.S. Assurance partners annually. Used by Firm management and peer reviewers in the application of annual internal and external peer reviews.
Provided direction and actively managed the engagement inspections of several hundred partners/managers annually, while also acting as Firm’s liaison with internal and external inspection teams.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP - Manager, National Professional Services Group 1987 - 1992
Acted in various technical capacities in development of Firm standards to comply with AICPA and outside regulators.
Hattori Corporation - Assistant Controller 1985 - 1987
Provided financial reporting and budgeting of U.S. companies aggregating $800 million for a Multi-National corporation.
Managed staff of eight professionals.
Performed acquisition reviews of potential target companies formulating reports on internal control and financial performance and reporting implications.
W.R. Grace & Co. - Group Controller 1983-1985
Supervised staff of six professionals.
Conducted financial and operational reviews of two overseas subsidiaries and two U.S. divisions aggregating approximately $700 million.
Managed all financial reporting to parent company.
Coopers & Lybrand, Peat Marwick Mitchell and Co. Prior - 1983
Held increasingly responsible supervisory positions in charge of both public and private audit clients.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
CPA, New York and New Jersey
MBA, Rutgers University, Graduate School of Business-Division of Professional Accounting
BA, Rutgers Newark College of Arts and Sciences (Honors)