Robin Kelley, CPA, CITP, CGMA, CSPM, CCSFP
Robin is a leader of AAFCPAs’ Managed Accounting Solutions practice, providing strategic finance and accounting guidance, and leveraging state-of-the-art cloud-based solutions to support clients’ most critical business and operational processes. She provides high-level CFO oversight and strategic planning, enabling clients to drive efficiency, reduce the cycle it takes to close books, and develop better benchmark and baseline financial processes to meet regulatory requirements and achieve growth in revenue & profits.
Robin advises many organizations in meeting grant & lender compliance requirements, and identifying and addressing risks within their internal control environment. She provides guidance on fraud prevention and internal control design and implementation, which helps to create an environment where mistakes are less likely, dishonesty is more easily caught, and exposure to risks is mitigated. Robin often consults with clients regarding their accounting systems and network configurations. She is a leader of the firm’s IT Audit and SSAE 18/Service Organizations Controls (SOC) Reporting practices. She is a HITRUST Certified Common Security Framework (CSF) Practitioner, providing HITRUST CSF self-assessment consulting, or SOC 2 + HITRUST for assessing against the evolving compliance landscape shaped by HITECH, HIPAA, CMS and various other federal, state and business requirements. She serves as AAFCPAs’ Compliance Officer and oversees the firm’s Quality Assurance & Performance Measurement Division.
Robin regularly presents financial training courses for financial executives and other CPAs on behalf of the Massachusetts Society of CPAs (MSCPA), the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, and many other membership associations. In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant, Robin is a Chartered Global Management Accountant, Certified Information Technology Professional, and certified in Strategic Performance Management. She has been serving AAF clients with distinction since 1980.
Education
- Bentley University – Bachelor of Science, Accounting, cum laude
Service
- United Way of Massachusetts Bay – Past Chair of Audit Task Force
- Executive Service Corps of New England – Past Treasurer and Board Member
- MSCPA – Past Chair of Nonprofit Accounting & Auditing Committee