TRAILBLAZER
TREY PETTY
CPA
Neighborhood Services Organization (NSO) is a United Way partner agency founded in 1969 to help provide dental care, nutrition and safe, healthy homes for families in the Oklahoma City area. Trey Petty, CPA, joined the board of
directors in 2017 and helped create a plan to pay down the organization’s long-term debt. “During my time on the Finance Committee,
we developed some additional metrics that allowed greater insight for both managers and the board of directors,” Petty explained. “I worked closely with the CFO and CEO to set goals for each of their respective areas and gained a better understanding of their operational issues.” He added, “I’m proud to serve for NSO and continue to provide an encouraging hand to those in need.” Petty, who earned his bachelor’s degree from
Oklahoma State University and his master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma, is an assurance manager at Ernst & Young LLP in Oklahoma City, where he has taken on some challenging tasks he believes have shaped him into the professional he is today. While serving as the engagement manager for both a large private retail client and a startup oil and gas company, he was responsible for developing the audit plan for the start-up client as well as coordinating with various specialists for the Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 805 accounting considerations. “Tere was a balancing act required due to
those overlapping timelines, but we were able to meet those deadlines and, in one instance,
GETTING TO KNOW
TREY 26 CPAFOCUS
What is your dream trip? Who would you take with you? My dream trip is to sail the world on a catamaran with my wife and kids.
If money, family and any other barriers were removed and you could live anywhere in the world, where would you move? The Bahamas
What food are you a gourmet chef at making? Sour cream apple pie
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Is there anything you wish you could do that you feel you are pretty bad at? I wish I could play the piano, speak more foreign languages and was better at golf.
Tell us your favorite travel story. My favorite travel story is when my wife and I went to France for three weeks to celebrate the end of her medical residency. We visited Paris, the Alps, Nice and Cannes.
issued the audit earlier than any of the past three years,” Petty said. “I grew significantly as a result of not only managing the staff and seniors on the jobs to meet our audit deadlines, but I also was exposed to senior level partners. It was a challenging year, but I learned a great deal and grew into a better leader for my audit teams.” Petty was also selected to serve in a position
that is prized in his organization. Sarah Stafford, CPA, a 2012 OSCPA
Trailblazer, said, “He serves as the regional liaison for the People Advisory Forum for EY, which is an appointed position that is highly sought after in the firm, as only one person is selected from each service line in a particular office.”
Katie McKnight, CPA, an assurance senior manager with Ernst & Young LLP, also praised Petty for his involvement on the People’s Advisory Forum, saying, “It is an extreme honor to be selected for this opportunity, and Trey has excelled in his role. He plays a meaningful role in inclusiveness and worked tirelessly to identify opportunities to improve the level of inclusiveness and job satisfaction, not just on his teams, but across the office.” McKnight, a 2015 Trailblazer, added, “Trey is heavily involved in Junior Achievement and United Way, setting an exceptional example for community service to our other team members….He is an invaluable member of the Oklahoma City office.”
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