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Bill Kohm

Bill Kohm, CPA, CGMA

Assurance Director

  • Role

    Assurance Director

  • Service

    Risk Management, Audit and Assurance

  • Industry

    Energy & Natural Resources, Manufacturing & Distribution, Equine

Contact

  • Lexington, KY

  • Direct Line: 859.425.7625

Professional Experience

Bill has over 25 years of experience providing audit and accounting services in various industries, including natural resources, cooperatives, manufacturing, equine, and retail. He has taken on a variety of projects outside the normal audit procedures, including assisting clients with public filings, internal audit, due diligence procedures, IFRS transition, Section 404 internal controls assessments, bankruptcy accounting, and purchase accounting. Additionally, he has been influential in helping clients implement new accounting standards.

Along with providing excellent client service, Bill has trained countless staff and senior auditors with the focus on understanding the risks of the client’s business and identifying process improvement recommendations. He helps lead the firm’s internal audit team and leads the firm’s energy and cooperative groups.

Speaking Engagements

Bill has spoken at local, regional, and national events focused on accounting and auditing matters. For the past several years, he has led the firm’s annual accounting update which includes sessions in Lexington and Owensboro for over 300 external participants.

Professional Activities

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • The Institute of Internal Auditors
  • National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives

Community Involvement

  • Kentucky Reclamation Guaranty Fund Commission
  • The School for the Creative and Performing Arts at Bluegrass, Board Member and Treasurer
  • Central Kentucky YMCA, Past Board Member, Finance Committee, and Audit Committee Chair
  • Leadership Lexington, Class of 2013-2014
  • University of Kentucky internal audit class liaison with community audit projects
  • Kentucky Coal Association Associate Board Member

Education

Master of Business Administration, 1996, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, summa cum laude, 1994, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

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