Dawn W. Brolin, CPA, CFE

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Dawn is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, and CEO of Powerful Accounting, LLC. Powerful Accounting is a nationally recognized accounting, tax, forensic and fraud, IRS and State Agency audit professionals as well as a QuickBooks consulting firm. Recently, Powerful Accounting has partnered with Anderson, Brolin & Coba CPAs, LLC – a powerhouse tax preparation, consulting and wealth management firm, where Dawn is a partner. Dawn also founded, Your Turn, LLC, which specializes in application consulting and implementation for small businesses.
Dawn’s list of professional accomplishments is extensive and includes speaking and consulting for prestigious companies such as Intuit, TSheets by Intuit, Finagraph, SmartVault, Skyline Cloud Services, Mike Michalowicz, Tory Johnson, MSNBC, SEEMA, AbacusNext, The Woodard Group, and many more. Named “Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Accounting” 2012-2017 by CPA Practice Advisor, a “Top 10 Managing Partner Elite – Great Accounting Firm Leader” in 2017 by Accounting Today, and selected as a “Top 40 Under 40” by CPA Technology Magazine in 2009. Dawn continues to pursue excellence with the support of her amazing Team at Powerful Accounting.
Dawn has been featured on MSNBC “Your Business” and has spoken at Intuit’s QuickBooks Connect, Scaling New Heights, Sleeter Conference, TD Bank North locations, Tory Johnson’s Small Business Spark and Hustle Tour, Live Your Legacy Summit, and many more. Her commitment to continuing education motivates her to teach regularly to bring new techniques and processes to the accounting community.
Professionals seek out Dawn W. Brolin, CPA, CFE and her educational keynotes, webinars and articles. They enjoy her energetic and humorous delivery as well as the action ability and depth of her content.
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CPA, CFE Powerful Accounting LLC
Jan 23rd 2019
How to Spot and Prevent Cash Skimming
On a recent podcast about fraud (aka The Fraudcast) I spoke with CPA Stephen King of client accounting services firm GrowthForce about the...
Clients
Jan 4th 2019
What You Should Know About the Annual Filing Scheme
This morning, I opened my mail and found a letter with no return address on the upper left corner. The envelope was postmarked in red and...
Practice Excellence
Dec 13th 2018
Fraud in Reimbursement Schemes & Spending Policies
What we are seeing in the world of fraud is that it is extremely simple to pass $25, $50 and maybe even $75 in reimbursements that are not...
Practice Excellence
Dec 7th 2018
How to Gain Business through Fraud Work
According to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) , anyone and everyone who is involved in small business finances,...
Clients
Nov 29th 2018
What to Know About Asset Misappropriation in Payroll
When it is time to talk about the sensitivity of information that goes through payroll, between names, addresses, social security numbers,...
Clients
Nov 19th 2018
How Clients Can Prevent Asset Misappropriation
Occurring at a rate of 15 percent and taking, on average, 12 months to detect, cash on hand represents one of the greatest asset...
Clients
Nov 13th 2018
What is the Real Cost to a Fraud Victim?
When a fraud has been committed in a small business, one of the hardest parts is accepting the fact that someone you trusted has stolen...
Clients
Nov 2nd 2018
Who is Most Likely to Commit Fraud?
It is fair to say that as a business owner, at some point, you will be handing over the keys to your castle to someone. Once that happens,...
Clients
Oct 23rd 2018
Why Do People Commit Occupational Fraud?
One of the toughest things for a business owner to do is hire employees, you are trusting your “baby” to someone you don’t even know...
Clients
Oct 18th 2018
What Makes a Business Most at Risk for Fraud?
There are specific characteristics that contribute to the level of fraud risk that a business client may be exposed to. For small business...
Clients