Alison T. Spivey
Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

"I love analyzing the technical issues related to writing and interpreting accounting standards--it's fascinating to dissect a business event or transaction and use the accounting standards as a tool to report the results in the financial statements!"

Alison T. Spivey is a partner in the National Professional Practice of Ernst & Young LLP.  In this position, Alison is responsible for consulting with engagement teams on technical accounting and reporting matters, monitoring activities of standard-setting bodies, drafting firm communication materials related to new and existing accounting pronouncements and leading professional education courses, primarily in the subject areas of share-based payments and pension and postretirement benefits.  

Prior to joining Ernst & Young's National Professional Practice, Alison spent over four years in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  As an Associate Chief Accountant, her responsibilities included working with public registrants on accounting and reporting matters, acting as a liaison with professional accounting standard-setting bodies, and participating in the development of the Commission staff's guidance and rule proposals under Federal Securities laws.  Alison consulted with registrants on technical accounting matters primarily in the subject areas of share-based payments and pension plans and was a co-author of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, Share-Based Payment.  

Alison also spent one year as a Professional Accounting Fellow and staff accountant in the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reviewing the disclosure documents of public companies.  Prior to joining the SEC staff, Alison was an audit manager with Arthur Andersen LLP in Vienna, Virginia.

Alison is a graduate of The College of William and Mary and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed to practice in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New York.