Matthew Pearson

• Managed recruiting strategies for EY’s Assurance Service Lines including Audit, Forensics, Financial Services, Technology Risk, and Consulting, from the Staff to Senior Manager level. • Collaborated with practice leaders to align hiring strategies with market trends, candidate evaluation, and retention goals. Participated in meetings to provide market intelligence and updates on active candidates. • Maintained high performance metrics, including 30 active roles, 25+ monthly submittals, 84% interview conversion rate, and <30 days from application to offer. • Led new hire training and monthly Talent Acquisition meetings for the Assurance team. • Utilized ATS tools like SuccessFactors and sourcing platforms such as LinkedIn, Dice, and AI tools (EYQ & CoPilot) to drive candidate engagement and efficiencies. • Advanced EY’s DE&I agenda through targeted sourcing efforts, including ALPFA and NABA databases. • Executed process improvement projects, including job description repository updates and candidate tracker optimization utilizing data validation and conditional formatting. • Served as lead for Global Client Recruiting Policy (GCRP) independence considerations.

As a staffing services partner, I provided experienced professionals within the Finance & Accounting space the opportunity to drive successful business outcomes and initiatives. • Engaged in new and existing client development activities including candidate marketing, ad calls, setting new client visits, and established relationships with all levels of Finance and Accounting leadership. • Conducted qualification calls with the hiring manager to assess job requirements, negotiate bill rates, contract terms, and fees. • Maintained a strong pipeline of finance and accounting professionals, including analysts, accountants, controllers, auditors, tax specialists, and more. • Managed full-cycle recruitment from sourcing and interviewing to offer negotiations and onboarding. • Delivered consistent candidate support through interview prep, feedback, assignment follow-ups, filing extensions and off-boarding. • Utilized ATS and VMS platforms such as iCIMS, Greenhouse, Beeline, RecruitMax, and Microsoft Dynamics to streamline recruitment operations.

• Responsible for all phases of financial statement preparation for a variety of real estate owners, operators, investors, and managers located throughout the U.S. • Worked directly with various engagement teams throughout the interim period to complete the required compliance testing and prepare for busy season. • Completed detailed first drafts of audits while assisting with planning, fieldwork, financial statements and note preparation. • Collaborated with several teams to ensure regulatory compliance with tax credit, HUD, and RD audits. • Communicated with clients to resolve questioned costs and potential findings throughout the audit process. • Recorded journal entries to account for depreciation and amortization as well as figuring out what liabilities to expense or capitalize. • Budgeted time to complete the required audits while assisting interns and new hires get accustomed to the software and answering questions. • Utilized Microsoft Office and CCH Prosystems Engagement for audit documentation and analysis.

Validated inventory, ensured quality standards, and kept a safe a clean work environment while working with others to ensure the final product was made to manufacture standards.

I worked in the concession stand working various positions. I worked as a cashier, preparing food, cleaning the kitchen, and washing dishes. This job requires excellent personal skills because you would interact with hundreds of customers a day.

Being able to interact with people is a big part of business. I really think this job helped me to know how to deal with different customers and how to effectively interact with many different people, while making sure they had the best service possible.

Purdue Accounting Association- Provides the opportunity to network and meet students with the same interests as yourself. This club also requires students to do a community service project as well as attend professional events from various accounting companies.