Ever wonder what accountants actually do? This session breaks down the basics of the accounting major and what you can expect from coursework, internships, and your future career path. We’ll also explore the many directions accounting can take you—from auditing and tax to consulting and beyond.
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Clinical Full Professor of Management
Troy D. Janes has extensive academic and professional experience in accounting. After earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Utah State University in 1992, he joined Ernst & Young in Philadelphia. After several years of working as an auditor and forensic accountant at EY, he returned to graduate school and earned a PhD in Accounting in 2005. Before joining the faculty at Purdue University in 2012, Dr. Janes served on the faculty of the University at Buffalo and Rutgers University. He has taught classes at the graduate and undergraduate level in auditing, fraud examination, financial accounting, and accounting data analytics and is the Academic Director of the Master’s Degree in Accounting program at the Daniels School of Business.
His research interests include the role of accounting information in predicting financial distress and the causes and consequences of fraud. His research on behavioral influences in stock markets has been featured in The Economist, Forbes, and The New York Times, and his calculator collection has been featured in Purdue Alumnus Magazine.
For 12 years, Dr. Janes worked extensively on the Uniform CPA Exam, developing and editing content for the Exam. In 2019, he served on the ACFE Job Analysis Task Force, which examined how well ACFE programs and exams address what CFEs do in their roles. He currently serves as a member of the CFE Exam Development Committee which creates content for the Certififed Fraud Examiner Examination.
Dr. Janes is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of the Central Indiana and Greater Chicago Chapters of the ACFE. Since 2016, he has served on the Board of Directors of the Central Indiana Chapter. He is a Certified Public Accountant (Indiana) and a member of the AICPA. He recently obtained the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist certification and is a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.