Amanda Nelson
Partner, Dept. of Professional Practice
Amanda is a partner in KPMG’s Department of Professional Practice and in her role issues guidance to KPMG offices on not-for-profit accounting, performing audits under Government Auditing Standards, and performing Single Audits. She develops KPMG’s training on not-for-profit accounting and Single Audits and is a frequent instructor for KPMG courses. Amanda also is involved in drafting KPMG’s responses to the AICPA, FASB, FASAB, OMB, and GAO on proposed accounting and auditing literature. She serves as KPMG’s liaison to federal agencies on Single Audit issues and other compliance audits for federal agencies.
Amanda currently serves on and was the first chairman of the executive committee of the AICPA’s Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC) and is a task force member for the annual revision of the AICPA Audit Guide, Government Auditing Standards and Circular A-133 Audits. She is a reviewer of the annual OMB Compliance Supplement and serves on many informal task forces developing clarifications. Amanda served on the AICPA’s Auditing Standards Board task force responsible for developing SAS No. 117, Compliance Audits, and the AICPA task forces that addressed the implications of SAS Nos. 103, 112, and 115 on Single Audits. She served on the task forces established by the GAQC to respond to the Federal study on the quality of Single Audits. She assisted the AICPA and OMB in developing a roundtable between practitioners, GAO, OMB and federal agencies to discuss Single Audit issues, and is the moderator for these biannual events.
Amanda is a member of and the past chairman of the AICPA Expert Panel for not-for-profit organizations. During her time as chairman she oversaw the 2013 revision of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide, Not-for-Profit Organizations. She chaired the AICPA task force on alternative investments, which resulted in the Practice Aid, Alternative Investments – Audit Considerations. She has served on other AICPA task forces for accounting issues including various statements of positions and technical practice aids.
Amanda holds a BS from University of Virginia and a CPA.