Umapathy (Uma) Ananthanarayanan
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Accounting
Campus: New York City
Area(s) of Expertise: Auditing, Financial Reporting
Education Credentials: Ph.D.
Industry Credentials: CPA (Australia)
Joined New York Tech: 2013
Umapathy Ananthanarayanan specializes in auditing, financial reporting, and corporate governance. His research mainly focuses on factors that determine audit fees determination. In addition, he also engages in international studies on executive compensation, financial reporting, and corporate governance.
Being a member of the American Accounting Association, Ananthanarayanan actively participates in its Northeastern meetings as a reviewer and a dialogue facilitator. He has been a certified public accountant (Australia) since 2013.
Ananthanarayanan received his Ph.D. in Accounting from the Massey University, Master of Business from AUT University (Auckland), and Master of Commerce and Bachelor of Commerce from Madras University. Committed to shaping young minds, his teaching career started in 1979. He has served in various capacities at educational institutions in India, Sultanate of Oman, and New Zealand.
Recent Projects/Research
- Growth of Audit Fees and Earnings Quality in New Zealand
- Executive Compensation and Ownership Composition
- Audit Committee Independence and Expertise, Institutional Ownership, and Executive Compensation as Determinants of Audit Fees in the Post-SOX Era in the United States and New Zealand
Publications
- Sharma, V., Sharma, D., and Umapathy, A. 2011. ‘Client Importance and Earnings Management: The Mitigating Role of Audit Committees.’ Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 30(3):125-156.
Courses Taught at New York Tech
- Managerial Accounting
- Advanced Financial Accounting
- Fund Accounting
- Accounting Analysis
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Advanced Accounting
- Accounting
- Intermediate Accounting