James Hodge
James Hodge is currently the Director of Financial Statement Audits at the Department of Treasury's Office of Inspector General where he is responsible for overseeing financial statement audits, performance audits, evaluations, and attestation engagements. Prior to joining the federal government, Mr. Hodge worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in their Washington Federal Practice (now Guidehouse), advising federal entities on how to solve complex organizational issues, manage risk, and add value in financial and program management, operations improvement, and security and data management.
Mr. Hodge also currently serves as an adjunct business professor at Howard University, Montgomery College, and University of Maryland Global Global Campus where he teaches upper-level undergraduate and graduate accounting courses. In addition to his role at these institutions, Mr. Hodge also serves as an instructor for Becker Professional Education and Kaplan Professional. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) and received both his undergraduate and graduate business degrees from the University of Dayton.
As an active member of the accounting and auditing community, Mr. Hodge has served in numerous leadership roles with the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) on the local and regional level, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Government Accounting and Auditing Update Committee, and the Office of Management and Budget’s Executive Steering Committee on Fraud. He also serves as a Quality Assurance Supervisor at three Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites in Washington, DC where he oversees tax preparation and financial literacy services provided to low and moderate-income families free of charge.