Rod Smith

Rod Smith is a Partner in the Audit & Assurance Practice and is the firm leader of the Assurance Technology Control Services (ATCS) Practice. He has more than 30 years of experience in professional services.  Rod leads the execution and quality assurance of the information technology control assurance portion for the firm’s financial statement audits and also focuses on control attestation examinations and technology control assurance consulting services. 

In addition to Rod’s deep experience in technology risk and control assurance with a focus on attestation services, including financial statement audit support and control for SOC examinations, he serves a variety of industries, with a particular focus and deep experience in banking, investment management, broker-dealer, property-casualty insurance, mortgage finance, technology services in additional to life sciences firms and health care providers and insurers.

Rod bears primary responsibility for the audit quality of control assurance services performed in Eisner’s Audit Practice and serves as the lead National Office Professional Practices Director for control attestation (e.g., SOC) services.

Prior to joining the firm, Rod was Managing Director at a public accounting, consulting, and technology firm. He led the IT assurance services and was responsible for all aspects of technology risk assurance services delivered to clients in the Northeastern U.S. Rod also served as a subject matter resource on information technology related matters in connection with audit quality and acted as Internal File Inspection lead for IT procedures.

Rod is a speaker and he is the author of A Financial Analysis of Risk and Controls (Outskirts Press, 2017).