Due diligence with Ideagen Audit Analytics
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, US. Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP boasts over 2,000 employees and ranks among the top 20 public accounting firms in the nation.
Jeff Rapaglia, partner, works within the firms’ professional standards group. His responsibilities involve public company matters such as guidance development, oversight and quality control.
Jeff, who has many years of experience using Ideagen Audit Analytics, has worked on integrating data from Ideagen Audit Analytics into Dixon Hughes Goodman’s operations.
“Ideagen Audit Analytics allows us to better understand and evaluate the public company landscape.
We leverage Ideagen Audit Analytics as a valuable resource in our quality control processes, which includes evaluating the possible impact that comment letter trends could have on our clients.”
One of the ways Jeff uses Ideagen Audit Analytics is by receiving custom email alerts for companies of interest: “I have specific emails setup which allow me to monitor information regarding financial reporting matters, market movement and other accounting-related events.”
Having access to Ideagen Audit Analytics is invaluable. In terms of researching specific companies or industries, Ideagen Audit Analytics is one of the best services available.
Ideagen Audit Analytics for evaluating potential prospects
At Dixon Hughes Goodman, Jeff leverages Ideagen Audit Analytics for evaluating potential public company clients.
Using Ideagen Audit Analytics data sets and public company profiles, Jeff researches past company events and disclosures.
He analyzes and benchmarks data points such as past audit opinions, changes in c-level management, financial restatements, audit fees and SEC comment letters.“
When it comes to evaluating potential prospects, we look at trends, red flag events and governance
information.
With access to Ideagen Audit Analytics, we can assess if a particular company is a right fit for Dixon Hughes Goodman.”