Chris Rouse
Atlanta, GA
Chris Rouse is an Audit Director at Windham Brannon, P.C., an Atlanta Georgia
CPA firm. He is a graduate of Florida State University, and has spent his
career with Big-8 and large local firms. He has served primarily audit
clients in his career, including clients in the real estate and financial
services industries, manufacturing, distribution and service entities,
not-for-profit organizations and employee benefit plans. His service
as an Audit Director includes helping his partners deal with new and difficult
audit and accounting issues and maintaining the Firm’s quality controls.
He has served as team captain on many peer reviews of CPA firms, from top-100
firms to sole practitioners. He also provides litigation support,
primarily in accountants’ malpractice cases.
Chris has served on several AICPA committees and task forces, including the
Technical Issues Committee (Auditing), the Peer Review Committee and the
Technical Standards Committee (Ethics). Chris served on the US
Department of Labor ERISA Advisory Council, and chaired Working Groups of the
Council. He currently serves as a Technical Reviewer for the GSCPA Peer
Review Committee, and has chaired the Georgia Society of CPAs Assurance Services
Section, the Audit Committee, the Peer Review Committee and the Financial
Institutions Committee, and served on others. He has received several
GSCPA recognitions, including the Distinguished Member Award, Distinguished
Section Chair, Outstanding Volunteer and Exceptional Leadership awards.
Chris is a National Instructor of AICPA audit and accounting training
courses, and is a GSCPA Outstanding Discussion Leader. He is a frequent
speaker on audit and accounting matters at state and national seminars.