Amish Mehta, CPA, Partner and New York Metro Leader - Nonprofit Assurance at Marcum LLP, has spent more than 30 years providing accounting, auditing and advisory services to not-for-profit institutions. Amish has developed strong relationships with board members and senior management, providing sound financial advice which allowed them to fulfill their missions. Amish also is the Chair of the DFK International Not-for-Profit Committee. EXPERTISE His clients have included well-known social service organizations, trade associations, higher education institutions, private foundations, cultural institutions and religious organizations, among others. His experience includes: Seamlessly transitioning new client engagements Developing and overseeing the planning and execution of the firm's tailored audit approach Responding to evolving regulatory requirements Providing advice to clients on enhancing internal controls Sharing industry-best practices and updating clients on issues crucial to the not-for-profit sector Ensuring transparency in financial reporting and disclosure Performing financial statement, Uniform Guidance and employee benefit plan audits Amish has served as a writer of training materials and an instructor in audit methodology and not-for-profit industry issues for staff at all levels of experience. He has led seminars on topics such as Introduction to Not-for-Profit Accounting, Introduction to Uniform Guidance audits and Board Governance and Transparency and has extensive experience speaking and writing on topics relevant to the not-for-profit industry. He has also served as a reviewer in Peer Review and Risk Quality Reviews of audit engagements with a focus on not-for-profit institutions. AFFILIATIONS: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Member, Peer Reviewer and Governmental and Not-for-Profit Conference Committee Member) New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (Member, Not-for-Profit Committee), DFK International, Chair, Not-for-Profit Committee Long Island Community Foundation (Member, Professional Advisory Committee) New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies (Former Adjunct Professor, Not-for-Profit Accounting Fundamentals Curriculum)