Kevin Vaughn is a Senior Associate Chief Accountant in the Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In this role, he serves on the leadership team for OCA’s accounting group. The accounting group’s activities include responding to accounting consultations from registrants, auditors, and SEC staff regarding complex financial reporting issues, overseeing the activities of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, monitoring the activities of international accounting standard setters including the International Accounting Standards Board, and communicating key technical accounting issues to stakeholders. Mr. Vaughn previously served in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, most recently as an Associate Chief Accountant in the Division’s Office of Chief Accountant.
Prior to joining the SEC staff, Mr. Vaughn was an audit manager with KPMG, LLP in its Washington, DC office, where he primarily served companies in the software and telecommunications industries.
Mr. Vaughn is a graduate of James Madison University and he is a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Virginia.