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Lisa M. Openshaw

Principal | CPA

Lisa is a principal in BerryDunn's Financial Services Practice Group, and the leader of the firm's Employee Benefit Plan Audit Practice. She oversees audit training events and performs quality assurance reviews of audits, attestation engagements, and more. 

Lisa provides audit, accounting, and consulting services to a variety of financial services clients, including banks, broker-dealers, credit unions, insurance agencies, and trust companies. She specializes in internal control over financial reporting, including under US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA), and the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, Section 404 (SOX 404). 

Lisa is a principal in BerryDunn's Financial Services Practice Group, and the leader of the firm's Employee Benefit Plan Audit Practice. She oversees audit training events and performs quality assurance reviews of audits, attestation engagements, and more. 

Lisa provides audit, accounting, and consulting services to a variety of financial services clients, including banks, broker-dealers, credit unions, insurance agencies, and trust companies. She specializes in internal control over financial reporting, including under US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA), and the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002, Section 404 (SOX 404). 

Experience highlights

Lisa helps clients with a variety of issues including:

  • Financial institution and employee benefit plan audit and consulting services
  • Accounting standards adoption 
  • Internal control audits and reviews 
  • DOL reports and filings 
  • Retirement plan design 

Publications and presentations

  • Benefits Landscape, a BerryDunn webinar
  • SOX 404 – Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting, presented at BerryDunn's Annual Financial Services Group Training
  • PPC's 2013-2022 Guide to Audits of Financial Institutions, Contributing Editor
  • AICPA's 2020 Special Considerations in Auditing Financial Instruments: Audit Guide, Contributing Editor
  • FASB Issues on the Horizon and Financial Statement Fraud Risk Assessment, presented to the Maine Bankers Association's Financial Management Committee
  • Loan Loss Reserves: A Financial Institution's Perspective, a Lorman webinar

Memberships

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 
  • Financial Managers Society 

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Education

BS, Accounting, valedictorian, Husson University, 1994

Certifications

  • CPA