Instructor
Steve Mulhollen
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Instructor
Steve Mulhollen is an Assistant Professor of Accountancy at Mississippi College, where he teaches Principles, Intermediate, and Cost accounting. He also serves as the University's Assistant Chief Financial Officer.
His 27-year career spans investor relations and financial analysis at WorldCom, wood and fiber procurement accounting for Georgia Pacific, public accounting at HORNE, and leadership roles as CFO of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and Executive Pastor/Treasurer at Broadmoor Baptist Church.
Steve holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi, an MBA and Certificate in Accounting from Mississippi College, and a BA in Christian Studies. He maintains an active CPA license and SHRM-SCP designation, serves on the MSCPA Not-for-Profit Committee, and provides consulting services to non-profit and governmental organizations through his company, Poiema LLC.
Understanding quality management standards is essential for all CPAs, whether you're performing attestation engagements or working in industry. This comprehensive four-hour course provides CPAs in both public accounting and industry with a practical refresher on the AICPA's quality management standards and its broad implications for professional practice. Public accounting practitioners will examine what quality management looks like in daily practice—from firm-level systems to engagement-level procedures—with particular emphasis on specific audit and review procedures that should be implemented under current standards. Industry CPAs will discover how these standards directly impact their work with external auditors, inform best practices for internal audit functions, enhance financial reporting quality, and provide a framework for applying quality management principles to corporate accounting operations. Through lecture, interactive discussions, and targeted practical examples, participants will understand current requirements for audit, review, and compilation engagements while exploring how quality management thinking strengthens controllership, internal audit, and corporate accounting functions. This course demonstrates that quality management principles are fundamental to accounting excellence across all practice settings, improving both the delivery and receipt of professional services. This course is eligible for Yellow Book.