Lynn Fountain, CPA, CGMA, CRMA, MBA
Lynn Fountain has over 35 years of experience spanning public accounting,
corporate accounting and consulting. Twenty years of her experience has been
working in the areas of internal and external auditing. She is a subject matter
expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations,
Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management,
and compliance. She has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for
international companies. In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the
investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor
that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees. The fraud was formally
investigated by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud
loss.
Ms. Fountain currently engages in her own consulting and training. She has
assisted numerous companies with enterprise risk management frameworks, internal
audit processes, and financial accounting. She is a highly sought-after speaker
and has trained internationally. In addition to her personal training, she also
serves as a discussion leader for the AICPA for numerous classes. Topics include
fraud and forensic courses for both profit and not-for profit, internal controls
for large and small entities, COSO 2013, accounting principles, ethics, and risk
management and various leadership courses.
Ms. Fountain is the author of three separate technical books released in
2015, The first entitled “Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to
Fraud Evaluations” was published by the Institute of Internal Auditors Research
Foundation and released in April 2015. Her second book “Leading the Internal
Audit Function” was released in October 2015 by Taylor & Francis
Publications. This book serves as the initial launch for a series of
leading practice internal audit and information technology publications. In
addition, her third book “Ethics and the Internal Auditor’s Dilemma” was
released in December 2016.
Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA
from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CGMA, CRMA, and her CPA
credential from Kansas.
www.lynnfountain.net
fountainlynn1@gmail.com
12/05/2017