About

Jackson Johnson is president of Johnson Global Accountancy, a public accounting and 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. 

Seen as a leader in this niche of the industry, Jackson was recently appointed to a two-year term of 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 issues throughout the accounting industry including the recent PLI Midyear SEC Reporting & FASB Forum PCAOB update.

Media and Articles

• 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