Career moves

KPMG LLP has appointed new executives to head its tax and audit practices in the U.S.

Jonathan Judge, president and chief executive at payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex Inc., said he will leave the Rochester, N.Y.-based company effective July 31.

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has named Marilyn Jentzen as the new vice president of sales and marketing of ONESOURCE Property Tax.

Accounting and consulting firm Rehmann has closed its acquisition of Veritas Global, a firm that provides corporate investigative services and business intelligence.

Shane Garbutt, a former inspections leader of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, has joined MaloneBailey as an audit partner.

WithumSmith+Brown has promoted four senior managers to partner level, effective July 1.

H&R Block’s board has appointed Alan M. Bennett as its new president and CEO after Russ Smyth resigned to become CEO of a “large private company headquartered in his hometown of Chicago,” according to Block.

In a move to accelerate its value-added reseller and CPA channel initiatives, cloud accounting provider Intacct has hired channel veteran Taylor Macdonald as its new vice president of channels.

Dennis B. Kremer is merging his practice into Gettry Marcus Stern & Lehrer, a CPA firm based in New York.

The Tax & Accounting business Thomson Reuters plans to expand internationally by targeting multinational corporations and global accounting firms via a series of strategies.

Accounting Today is issuing a call for nominations for its annual Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting list.

Stephen F. Gertzman, national director of federal tax accounting and director of the Accounting Methods and Inventories Group in Ernst & Young's National Tax Department, has left the firm to join Miller & Chevalier’s tax department as a member.

Rudolph J. Bilich Jr., a CPA from Pittsburgh’s Mt. Lebanon section, was elected 2010-2011 president of the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs at its annual meeting and conference.

Mentorship and leadership development are two key concepts that Conrad M. Davis is emphasizing in his new role as 2010-11 chair of the 36,000-member California Society of CPAs.

BDO USA LLP has admitted five new partners to the partnership, effective July 1.

The local accounting and wealth management firm of Beall Barclay recently announced the addition of Theresa L. Mosier to its professional staff.

Deloitte LLP CEO Barry Salzberg was named executive of the year in the services category at the 8th Annual American Business Awards gala ceremony in New York.

Peter Orszag, the White House Budget Director and one of the driving forces behind the passage of the $787 billion economic stimulus package, will step down from his post.

The International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation, which oversees the International Accounting Standards Board, has selected Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa as the new chairman of its board of trustees.

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