With more than 13 years of experience, Ashley assists institutions to achieve strategic and financial success, optimize operational effectiveness and enhance compliance. Ashley drives innovation through strategic and enterprise risk assessments, internal audit and compliance reviews and investigations and business process reviews. She has assisted clients in developing and reengineering infrastructures, governance practices, internal controls and business processes to mitigate risk and enhance efficiency, effectiveness and compliance in such areas as budgeting and resource management, financial management and reporting, sponsored research administration, compliance governance and international operations.

As a partner in Baker Tilly’s higher education practice, Ashley Deihr provides consulting services to universities, academic medical centers and nonprofit organizations. She specializes in strategic and enterprise risk assessments, internal audit and compliance reviews, investigations and business process reviews. Since joining the firm in 2005, Ashley has successfully assisted numerous institutions achieve strategic and financial success. Clients rely on her guidance to develop and re-engineer infrastructures, governance practices, internal controls and business processes to mitigate risk, enhance efficiency, optimize effectiveness and enable compliance. 

University of Virginia – Charlottesville

Master of Science in finance and accounting

Bachelor of Science in finance and accounting

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Leads enterprise risk assessments, compliance assessments and internal audit and advisory engagements to assist institutional leadership to better understand, prioritize and mitigate key risks

Performs organizational and operational assessments with the goal of enhancing clarity of responsibility and authority, enabling cost savings through organizational changes, including shared services models, and aligning resources and operations to strategic and financial goals

Manages teams performing sponsored programs reviews including cost allowability reviews, control assessments and process reviews, as well as strategic and organizational structure assessments to support sponsored programs

Develops and enhances policies and procedures to identify and implement appropriate internal controls structures and processes, and to assess and revise roles and responsibilities to ensure proper segregation of duties, efficiency of work, streamlined business processes and compliance

Performs targeted benchmarking and provides advice to tailor and implement best practices across campus operations to better support financial, operational and compliance goals

Has provided support to over 30 universities and not-for-profit organizations to implement the Office of Management and Budget Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance)

Served in the Interim Controller role at a large public university, overseeing an organizational assessment of the university’s finance and accounting staff, including the development of customer service objectives and metrics, a redesign of organizational structure and reporting lines and development of the university’s first standalone financial statements, while managing a staff of more than 30 individuals responsible for accounts payable, travel and expense reporting, vendor management and cash management

Her federal grants and contracts experience includes assessing client compliance with the Office of Management and Budget Circulars, Federal Acquisition Regulation, Cost Accounting Standards and other government regulations, as well as sponsor regulations

Her international experience includes assisting clients with assessing financial and regulatory compliance at international site locations and developing robust written policies and processes

Clients include University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, Harvard University, University of California - San Francisco, University of California - Irvine, University of Kansas, Oregon State University, Portland State University, George Washington University, Georgetown University and Tulane University

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 

Association of College and University Auditors

National Association of College and University Business Officers

National Council of University Research Administrators

Co-presented ACUA seminar “How Internal Audit Can Help Support Sponsored Programs Compliance”

Co-presented ACUA seminar "Auditing for Compliance – Tips and Techniques for University Auditors"

Co-presented ACUA webinar "Operation Collaboration: Leading Practices for Leveraging Common Internal Audit and Compliance Structures"

Co-presented ACUA webinar "Transforming Internal Audit"

Co-hosted IIA seminar "Responding Rapidly to Hotline Calls"

Co-presented InsideNGO seminar “Audits and the Uniform Guidance: Updates and Applications”

Co-presented InsideNGO seminar “Internal Controls and the Uniform Guidance: How to be Compliant”

Co-authored New Perspectives & Digital Insights Article "Effort Reporting in the Uniform Guidance Era"

Co-authored NCURA Magazine article "Aligning Research Operations to Maximize Research Strategy”

Co-authored NCURA Magazine article " How to Work with Internal Audit: Leveraging Internal Audit for Success"

Co-authored NCURA Magazine article "Taking back the Reins – Tips for Owning your next A-133 Audit"

Co-authored NCURA micrograph, “How to Manage a Financially Focused University Research Audit Effectively”

Co-presented NCURA seminar “Best Practices for Working with High Risk Subrecipients”

Co-presented NCURA webinar “Internal Controls for Research Administrators”

Co-presented NCURA seminar “How to Manage a Financially Focused University Research Audit Effectively”

Co-presented NCURA seminar “The Federal Audit Landscape in 2018: What to Expect”

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