The pace of change and transformation in the financial services sector continues to provide strategic opportunities to learn, team, grow, and differentiate.

Zach Goodman

Partner, Financial Accounting and Advisory Services, Ernst & Young LLP

Investments and derivatives solution leader. Strategic thinker. Extensive experience in technical accounting, operations, and technology for financial instruments. Fortune 500 advisor.

Zach, a partner in Financial Accounting and Advisory Services in the Financial Services Organization at Ernst & Young LLP (EY US), is an authority on investment and derivative accounting, including hedge accounting, for financial services organizations. His advisory acumen spans financial reporting on derivatives, hedging, financial instruments, fair value, and traditional areas like debt, equity, and foreign currency.

Zach has spearheaded transformative projects in accounting operations, leading to enhanced operating models and system implementations in the banking, insurance and asset management sectors. He excels in process optimization and adapting to technical accounting changes under various standards. Additionally, he aids clients with intricate derivative transactions and investment strategies.

An MBA graduate from Indiana University, he is an avid traveler and a dedicated Yankees fan.

How Zach is building a better working world 

Financial services is crucial to our economy continuing to grow and flourish. As a leader of EY US solutions around investments and derivatives, Zach helps to safeguard that some of the key asset classes of our financial services clients are in compliance with accounting guidance, including key accounting change across multiple bases of accounting (US GAAP, IFRS, US STAT). He leads a team that helps transform accounting operations around these asset classes, including defining sustainable target operating models, process improvement and technology enablement.  

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