Steven Morrison, CPA, serves in National Assurance at CohnReznick LLP, bringing experience as an engagement partner, quality control reviewer, and as a standard setter in a variety of industries, including automotive dealerships, employee benefit plans, freight forwarding/mail courier, retail, and wholesale/distribution. His experience encompasses effectively addressing unique accounting and audit issues of entities in the United States, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and Americas. Steven addresses specific issues for companies in a variety of other industries and has extensive experience in effectively communicating simple and complex technical matters to all levels of personnel. His current responsibilities also include advising engagement teams on accounting and auditing matters.
From 2015 to 2018, he served on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) Auditing Standards Board (ASB), a senior committee that promulgates U.S. Generally Accepted Auditing Standards. As a part of his responsibilities on the board, he served as the final chair of the going concern taskforce, which updated the going concern standard with SAS 132. He also served on the audit evidence taskforce, which is considering updates to AU-C 500, Audit Evidence, and other standards for issues such as blockchain and artificial intelligence.
Steven is a past recipient of the ‘40 Under 40’ Award for the CPA Practice Advisor and South Florida Business Journal. He has extensive speaking experience at conferences, and has presented on accounting and auditing matters at various conferences including those of the AICPA, Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA), Michigan Association of CPAs (MICPA), and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).