Partner, KPMG Department of Professional Practice
Paul Munter is currently an Audit Partner in the Department of Professional Practice with KPMG. He is a member of the Accounting Group and is actively involved in the firm’s interaction with the standard-setters and regulators including the FASB and SEC. Additionally, he supports the firm’s EITF representative and lead’s the US firm’s IFRS activities.
He serves as the Retail Sector leader within DPP and was the principal author of the firm’s publications entitled Share-Based Payment, Software Revenue Recognition (2nd ed), and Business Combinations (2nd ed).
Previously, he served as KPMG Professor and Chairman of the Department of Accounting at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Professor Munter earned his PhD in accounting at the University of Colorado. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Fresno State University. He is also a CPA in New York and Colorado and a member of the AICPA.
He also served as the Academic Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2002-2003 where he worked on many of the Commission’s Sarbanes-Oxley initiatives and rule-making activities. Previously, he was with KPMG as Director in Audit Services in 1995-96.
Mr. Munter has served as a member of AcSEC and AcSEC’s Task Force responsible for the development of Statement of Position 98-1 on the accounting for software obtained for internal purposes and as a member of the AICPA’s SPE Task Force.
Mr. Munter has published extensively in the accounting literature having co-authored five books and monographs and over 200 articles and technical papers primarily on financial accounting and auditing matters in journals such as Journal of Accountancy, CPA Journal, Management Accounting, Accounting Review, Behavioral Research in Accounting, and Practical Accountant.
Dr. Munter was honored by the Texas Society of CPAs as its first “Outstanding Discussion Leader.” He has also been honored by the Florida Institute of CPAs as its Outstanding Educator. He also was honored by Beta Alpha Psi as the National Business Information Professional of the Year. Additionally, he was named as one of the Ten Most Widely Published Accounting Faculty Members.
