Bronach Branan is a Senior Manager with over 15 years of public accounting experience. In addition, she has 10 years of private industry experience, gained in London and Ireland, serving clients in telecommunications, media technology and banking. She has performed management consulting with “Big 4” firms, specializing in enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation.
Bronach’s international and domestic industry knowledge provides audit and assurance services to the firm’s hospitality, construction, government contracting and employee benefit plan clients, to include various types of retirement plans with assets ranging from $2 million to $2 billion, including entities required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. She oversees the firm’s engagements through planning and implementing project design and strategy, directing and reviewing fieldwork and managing the financial reporting aspects of the jobs.
Bronach is passionate about continuous improvement and uses her broad experience to provide consulting services related to process optimization using a variety of Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques including DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control), RCA (Root Cause Analysis) and FEMA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis). She leads the firm’s internal Audit & Assurance Operational Excellence Team and serves as a firm resource on new auditing approaches as well as audit efficiency initiatives. She is also involved in developing and conducting department training.
An active member of the community, Bronach participates in various volunteer activities as a member of Impact 100 Greater Peninsula, a member of the LEAD Peninsula Alumni Network (LPAN) leadership team, having graduated the LEAD Peninsula program in 2022, an advisory board member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Newport News and the Treasurer of her neighborhood Homeowners Association. She is a past Treasurer of the Southern Children’s Advocacy Center in Tucson, Arizona.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, VSCPA
- VSCPA Tidewater Chapter
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in the UK (CIMA)
- Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce
EDUCATION:
- Bachelor of Science in Economics from Queens University Belfast in Northern Ireland
- Master of Science in Finance from Queens University Belfast in Northern Ireland
- Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (2021)