Charles Day, CPA

Charles Day is a professional accountant turned educator. He seeks to utilize international experience (South Africa, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, United States) in accounting policy and internal controls, finance processes and systems, and auditing to contribute to the development of the accounting profession through the education of future accountants and impactful research on issues concerning financial reporting.

He is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) and licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Maine. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the United Kingdom and has worked as a lecturer in accounting and finance at Oxford Brookes University and the University of Exeter.

Education

• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education from Oxford Brookes University (2019)
• Master of Accounting Sciences from the University of South Africa (2018)
• Graduate Diploma in Finance from the University of London (2014)
• B.Com, PGradDipAcc from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (1986)

Teaching Areas

• Taxation
• Financial Accounting
• Managerial Accounting

Research Interests

Goodwill accounting

Awards / Professional Accomplishments

William S. Smith Certificate of Honour, Institute of Internal Auditors (2005)

Publications

2020. ‘Goodwill impairment testing disclosures – South African compliance in 2018’, South African Journal of Accounting Research, 34(1):45-62.