After graduating from Indiana University, Payton worked for two and a half years at a regional public accounting firm specializing in real estate, including external financial and compliance audits, financial statements, and agreed-upon procedures for partnerships and companies in affordable housing programs.
Since joining Cooper-Richards in 2019, he has worked on SOX compliance and internal audit engagements for publicly traded companies across technology, financial services, manufacturing, and medical diagnostics. His work includes SOX 404 readiness and compliance for business processes, segregation of duties analysis, IT general controls testing, and internal control walkthroughs.
B.S. in Accountancy, Indiana University Indianapolis.