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Expert Profile


Lynn Fountain
Former Chief Audit Executive, Aquila

Lynn Fountain has over 35 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. She has 20 years of experience 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.

Ms. Fountain has held two chief audit executive positions for international companies. Since 2008, she has served in positions where she was responsible for internal audit, enterprise risk management and Sarbanes-Oxley. Ms. Fountain has a private consulting and training business, and she has developed and delivered leading edge training sessions on COSO, internal audit, ERM, accounting, leadership, governance, compliance and ethics. She delivers training for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Internal Auditors, and multiple seminar and training groups.

Ms. Fountain is the author of two technical books that released in 2015: Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations; Leading the Internal Audit Function. In addition, Ms. Fountain is a frequent blogger on the LinkedIn platform and has also had numerous articles published in professional and technical publications. She is currently authoring a third technical book on corporate ethics and the internal auditor’s challenge.

She has performed as an adjunct instructor for the School of Business for Grantham University and developed the first internal audit curriculum for the School of Business at the University of Kansas. Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CGMA, CRMA credentials and CPA certificate (non-active).

Trainings by Expert

Focus on Internal Control - Is your Company Ready for the New COSO?
Category: Banking and Financial Services , Risk Management , SOX Compliance , Corporate Governance , Banks and Credit Unions , Accounting and Taxation , Internal Audit & Control , Risk Management & Controls , Financial Risk Management , Audit & Inspection-Role , Internal Audit , Financial Audit , Finance, Sox & Internal control , Insurance , Financial Services and Trading , Accounting Audits

Fraud Awareness Programs
Category: Banking and Financial Services , Corporate Governance , Banks and Credit Unions , Accounting and Taxation , Accounting/ Reimbursement fraud , Financial Fraud , Ethics, Fraud & Corruption , Risk Management & Controls , Corporate Risk , Financial Risk Management , Audit & Inspection-Role , Financial Audit , Finance, Sox & Internal control , Insurance , Financial Services and Trading

Auditing of Environmental, Health and Safety programs for the non-technical auditor
Category: OSHA Compliance , Audits & Inspections , Regulatory Requirements , Documentation & Recordkeeping , OSHA Regulations , Audit & Inspection-Role , OSHA Inspection , Documentation and Policy Management , OSHA Documentation , Regulatory Affairs , EH&S, Green Compliance

Internal Controls - What Every Manager Needs to Know
Category: Banking and Financial Services , Risk Management , SOX Compliance , Corporate Governance , Internal Audit & Control , Risk Management & Controls , Financial Risk Management , Audit & Inspection-Role , Internal Audit , Finance, Sox & Internal control , Financial Services and Trading

Auditing and examining Travel and Entertainment Expenses: Expense Reimbursement Fraud
Category: Banking and Financial Services , Accounting and Taxation , Accounting/ Reimbursement fraud , Finance, Sox & Internal control , Compliance & Ethics , Accounting Audits

Why Fraud Happens and What to do: Critical Concepts on How to Prevent, Detect and Mitigate Fraud
Category: Banking and Financial Services , Risk Management , Corporate Governance , Accounting and Taxation , Accounting/ Reimbursement fraud , Financial Fraud , Internal Audit & Control , Ethics, Fraud & Corruption , Risk Management & Controls , Corporate Risk , Financial Risk Management , Audit & Inspection-Role , Internal Audit , Finance, Sox & Internal control , Compliance & Ethics , Financial Services and Trading , Accounting Audits

Expense Reimbursement Fraud
Category: Banking and Financial Services , Accounting and Taxation , Reporting, Metrics, Policies , Accounting/ Reimbursement fraud , HR , Audit & Inspection-Role , Internal Audit , Financial Audit , Accounting Audits

Compliance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Laws
Category: Banking and Financial Services , Risk Management , SOX Compliance , Corporate Governance , Board of Directors , Ethics, Fraud & Corruption , Regulatory Requirements , Corporate Governance Laws , Documentation and Policy Management , Corporate Policy management , Finance, Sox & Internal control , Compliance & Ethics , Regulatory Affairs

Operationalizing COSO Compliance to Enhance Your Control Environment and Contribute to SOX Efforts
Category: Banking and Financial Services , SOX Compliance , Corporate Governance , Internal Audit & Control , Board of Directors , Finance, Sox & Internal control , Compliance & Ethics , Supply chain & Procurement

eXtensible Business Reporting Language(XBRL)-Tagging levels, Terms and Taxonomy, SEC Viewer-Calculations and common errors
Category: Banking and Financial Services , Risk Management , SOX Compliance , Banks and Credit Unions , Accounting and Taxation , Reporting, Metrics, Policies , Accounting/ Reimbursement fraud , Tax Forms , Accounts Payable/ Accounts Receivables , Accounting Principles , Financial Fraud , Risk Management & Controls , Financial Risk Management , Audit & Inspection-Role , Financial Audit , Documentation and Policy Management , Banking & Finance , Finance, Sox & Internal control , Financial Services and Trading , Accounting Audits