At a glance

Andy is a seasoned financial services professional with experience auditing financial systems, programs and processes for clients from a diverse range of industries. He devotes a significant portion of his career to building client relationships that are rooted in an understanding of their operations and goals through all stages of their business life cycle.

Andy serves as a strategic advisor to firm clients on topics including mergers, acquisitions, business sales, capitalization structure, governance, financial reporting, risk management and internal controls.  Clients served have annual revenues ranging from $10M – $1B+.

He routinely mentors and trains staff on assessing risk and designing effective data driven procedures that yield valuable information to clients. As a leader of the Firm’s Risk Advisory Services Team, he oversees the design, execution, and implementation of client risk assessment and audit plans.

Andy joined the Firm in 2007 after receiving first-hand knowledge of Dopkins values and culture as a participant in the Firm’s internship program.

Industries/Clients Served

• Cooperatives
• Employee Benefit Plans
• Health Care
• Manufacturing
• Not-For-Profit

Principal Areas of Expertise

• Audit
• Risk Assessments
• Internal Controls
• Fraud Prevention
• Employee Benefit Plans
• Financial Reporting
• Governance
• Risk Management
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Capitalization Structuring
• Transaction Advisory Services
• Lease Standard Implementation & Accounting Services

Designation

• Certified Public Accountant

Affiliations

• 2nd Vice President & Member, Board of Directors, for the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives (NSAC) Atlantic Chapter; Member, NSAC Accounting & Auditing Committee; Programming Advisor, NSAC Annual Conference. Recent conferences have taken place at:
  • Denver, Colorado (2019)
  • Austin, TX (August 2018)
  • Salt Lake City (July 2017)
• Member, Audit Committee, Northeast Cooperative Council (NECC). NECC is a not-for-profit organization of agricultural and rural electric cooperatives, Farm Credit Associations, and their professional advisors doing business in New York, New England, and Pennsylvania. NECC assists members with advisory, educational, and research services to achieve business goals. (2020 – Present)
• Member, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) and serve on the Legal, Tax and Accounting sub-committee.   Admission for professional service providers is limited to nomination by a qualifying organization and further subject to a review and acceptance through an application process by NCFC.  NCFC consists of nearly 2,000 farmer cooperatives located in the U.S. and is focused on advancing the business and policy interests of America’s cooperatives and other farmer-owned enterprises. (2021 – Present)
• Volunteer mentor, to a student group from the Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business – Cooperative Business Management on the topic of “Managing Profits and Losses in a Cooperative Enterprise”.  The goal of the program was to address the need for current and enhanced training materials for Cooperative Board of Directors on the topic.
• Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• Member, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA)
• Member, Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)

Education

• B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Fredonia

Awards & Achievements

• Listed, Who’s Who in Banking and Finance, published by Business First of Buffalo
• Honoree, “40 Under 40” by Business First of Buffalo (2021)

Community Service

• Treasurer, WNY Regional National Academy of Finance Advisory Board.  The Academy of Finance is a network of education, business, and community leaders who work together to offer high school students an opportunity to study accounting, international trade, leadership, and the use of technology in preparing for college and the financial services industry.
• Treasurer, SUNY Fredonia School of Business Advisory Council.  The Council is comprised of a group of regional business executives dedicated to consulting with the School of Business on the matters of curriculum design and program development.
• Member, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Light the Night Walk Executive Leadership Committee

Speaking Engagements

• Panelist, Protecting Against Cyber Threats: Best Practices for Plan Fiduciaries (May 2021)
• Presenter, Strategically Planning for Executive Succession: A conversation about lessons learned from the road, to members of the Northeast Cooperative Council (NECC) at the 70th Annual Meeting & Leadership Forum (February 2020)
• Presenter, Revenue Recognition: It’s not Sexy but You Need to Know, to members of the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives (NSAC) at the 2019 Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.
• Presenter, Trends in Fraud Prevention– Keeping Up in the Digital Age

News & Events

• Andrew Reading Named to Business First of Buffalo’s “40 Under 40”
• Dopkins Names Andrew J. Reading Partner
• Dopkins publishes an article on Change Management in Northeast Dairy Magazine
• Dopkins & Company Announces Promotions

Videos

• Protecting Against Cyber Threats: Best Practices for Plan Fiduciaries

Blog Posts

• Employee Benefit Plan Cybersecurity: Are you doing enough?
• As seen in NorthEast Dairy: How to Use Your Innovation to Milk the Government
• Trends in EBP Litigation and EBP Fiduciary Best Practices
• Navigating a Changing Economy and Industry: Managing Profitability Through Lean/Six Sigma
• Mergers & Acquisitions: Risk Considerations in Transactions