Brandon Hamilton

Brandon Hamilton is the Director of Quality Assurance in the firm's national Office of the Professional Practice Group, bringing 15 years of experience in audit quality, regulatory inspections, and public company assurance. He oversees the firm’s internal inspection program and supports external inspections and peer reviews, helping strengthen audit quality and maintain compliance with PCAOB, AICPA, and firm standards.

Brandon leads the design, execution, and continuous improvement of internal inspections across issuer and nonissuer engagements. His responsibilities include identifying inspection focus areas, selecting engagements for review, evaluating deficiencies, performing root cause analyses, and recommending corrective actions. He also reviews audit workpapers and financial statements, monitors remediation efforts, and supports regulatory reporting and inspection readiness.

Working closely with partners, engagement teams, and National Office leadership, Brandon communicates inspection findings, provides coaching, and advances audit quality initiatives across the Assurance practice. He also develops and presents internal training on inspection findings, regulatory expectations, and emerging audit quality matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Brandon held inspection and audit leadership roles with a national audit regulator and a global accounting firm. His experience included evaluating accounting firms’ systems of quality control, inspecting public company audits, researching technical matters under U.S. GAAP and IFRS, and leading global financial statement and internal control audits.