Robert J. Kline, CPA - Principal and Director of Outsourcing Group
Bob is the Director of the Outsourcing Services, including internal audit, regulatory compliance, and trust department services, provided to clients in multiple states. For more than 35 years, he has specialized in the firm’s audit practice. A majority of those years were spent on the external audit team as engagement Principal for many of the office’s public companies. In 2000, Bob assumed the responsibility of managing outsourcing services provided to more than 75 financial institutions, ranging in size from start-up and de novo to multi billion-dollar. Bob has assisted several clients with the implementation of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Robert Morris University and is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a Certified Bank Auditor and a former member of the Technical Standards Subcommittee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Education
B.S. Accounting. Robert Morris University. 1974.
Professional Associations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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"It was in my bookkeeping class in high school after completing the workflow project when I knew I wanted to be an accountant. There was something about the order of accounting and the mathematical problem-solving that intrigued me. It was not until later in my career that I learned to solve more than just mathematical problems. These were problems my clients faced about their ideas, visions and goals, and, just like it is necessary to adapt to new accounting rules, my training has enabled me to adapt to help them solve these problems as well.
Now that my hair has begun to gray and the waist size is not what it used to be, I realize I have gained the experience and find it tremendously rewarding to help my clients in the ever-changing financial services industry to meet the challenges they face today in the critical areas of financial reporting and corporate governance."
