John McLaughlin, CPA, CRMA
John McLaughlin is a partner in Marcum's Philadelphia office and a member of
the Firm's Assurance Services division. He came to Marcum in 2015 via the Firm's
merger with Smart Devine, a leading full-service accounting firm in
Philadelphia.
Mr. McLaughlin has more than 25 years of public accounting and private
industry experience and has served a broad range of clients primarily in the
consumer products, financial services, distribution, life sciences, technology,
retail, energy, and healthcare industries.
He joined Smart Devine in 2014, having previously worked at a national
accounting firm providing assurance, advisory and consulting services to both
publicly traded and privately held companies. There, he was responsible for
risk, governance and control engagements assisting clients with risk management,
IT and financial auditing, enterprise risk management (ERM) program development,
SOC 1 & SOC 2 examinations, internal audit strategy, developing and
monitoring programs to measure compliance with laws and regulations, and
evaluating and improving operational efficiency and effectiveness.
His previous experience included serving as an IT and internal audit services
director for a "Big 4" accounting & consulting firm, and as a corporate
finance and internal audit director for a multi-billion dollar, multi-national
services company. Mr. McLaughlin's responsibilities in these capacities included
evaluating financial reporting compliance and compliance with laws and
regulations, coordinating integrated business process reviews, and directing
acquisition and divestiture due diligence activities. Earlier in his career,
John was an assistant corporate controller for a national real estate developer
and started his career with two "Big 8" accounting firms.
John is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and Mercy Health System Audit and Finance Committees. He also serves
on the Institute of Internal Auditors International Committee of Research and
Educations Advisors. He has written several articles in an industry group
newsletter and has been quoted in a number of national publications on the
topics of enterprise risk, internal auditing and
Sarbanes-Oxley.
