About

Jackson Johnson is president of Johnson Global Advisory, a consulting firm with clients throughout the world. He works directly with PCAOB-registered accounting firms and other firms to help them identify, develop, and implement opportunities to improve audit quality. He also works with public and private companies on various technical accounting and transactional matters.

Johnson's experience includes nearly six years with the PCAOB, where he worked with small and medium-sized accounting firms throughout the world, including foreign affiliates of large international accounting firms, in the areas of firm quality control and ICFR audits of financial statements. 

Jackson advises firms and their counsel in PCAOB and SEC investigations of audits of companies with cryptocurrency assets, revenue, and mining operations. His focus during his tenure at the PCAOB was dedicated to audit quality and inspections of small and mid-market firms and their systems of quality control.

Seen as a leader in this niche of the industry, Jackson previously served a two-year term on the Enforcement Advisory Committee of the California Board of Accountancy. In this capacity, he acts as the last line of defense to ensure cases brought before the board are treated fairly. 

Prior to the PCAOB, Johnson worked with public and private clients in a variety of industries at Grant Thornton LLP in Boston, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong. Jackson is a frequent speaker about quality control and enforcement issues throughout the accounting industry.

Media and Articles

• PCAOB ramps up enforcement as it faces possible shutdown (Accounting Today)
• The regulatory forecast: Less, and lighter (Accounting Today)
• Explainer: How big are the Big Four accounting firms in China? (Reuters)
• JGA Team Perspectives: Failure to Prepare is Preparing to Fail
• Trump Media Auditor’s Shutdown Strands Ex-Clients (bloombergtax.com)
• Auditors Balk at Regulator’s Push to Expand Their Role (Wall Street Journal)
• The Auditor’s Role in Supply Chain Due Diligence (Compliance Week)
• Auditors of Crypto Assets Struggle to Satisfy PCAOB (CFO.com)
• Audits of Chinese Companies Start to Face U.S. Inspections (Wall Street Journal)
• HFCAA: What Firms Should Do Now, and the Effects on China and Hong Kong
• Facing Today's Accounting Challenges An Interview with Jackson Johnson, JGA President
• Did your last inspection feel too easy? Take-aways from a Clean PCAOB Inspection
• Initial Observations: The New PCAOB Inspection Report Format
• Easily Forgotten, but Always Essential: SOC 1 Reports in a Year of Substantial Change
• Internal Inspections - Part II: The Integral Inputs to Implementation

• Accelerating Audit Quality for Unaccelerated Filers: Changes to the Thresholds
• PCAOB AS 2901 Procedures and Remediation: Observations and Tips for a Positive Result
• Recap of PCAOB Hot Topics at the AICPA National Conference
• Internal Inspections - Part I: A Deep Dive into Design
• Meeting PCAOB Requirements for ICFR: Achieving Compliance with the Vaguest of Standards
• ISQM 1 and SQMS 1: Influencing the Firm on the Benefits Beyond Compliance