Paul Parks, CPA, CGMA American Institute of CPAs Paul Parks is Associate Director in the management accounting section of the AICPA and previously served as IFRS technical manager for the Institute. Paul oversees a team of technical managers within AICPA's business, industry and government team, and manages the management accounting innovation and research collaboration with the AICPA's joint venture partner the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in London. In addition, he is the AICPA's technical advisor to the Professional Accountants in Business committee of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). Before joining the AICPA, Paul worked as Corporate Controller for a biotech contract research organization, VP Finance and HR Director for a global chemical manufacturer and CFO for a food products manufacturing company.