Paul Martin

Mr. Martin is the comptroller for the province of New Brunswick with oversight of accounting, internal audit, enterprise risk management, financial systems and consulting. He has 33 years’ experience in public practice as a former partner with a national accounting firm and four years with the provincial government. Mr. Martin is experienced with government pension models, transitions to shared risk and targeted benefit models, and the accounting analysis of current standards as applied to financial statement reporting. He is a fellow chartered professional accountant and a past president of the New Brunswick Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr. Martin currently serves as a member of the chartered professional accountants of Canada’s Public Financial Management Advisory Committee, the Public Sector Accounting Board’s Financial Instruments Working Group and the Employment Benefits Task Force.

Experience

Comptroller

• Company Name Government of New Brunswick
• Dates EmployedAug 2014 – Present
• Employment Duration4 yrs 11 mos
• Location Fredericton, New Brunswick

As Comptroller for the Government of New Brunswick I provide leadership in accounting and internal auditing services and encourage the effective management of the resources of the Province.

Partner

• Company Name Grant Thornton LLP in Canada
• Dates Employed Dec 1981 – Aug 2014
• Employment Duration32 yrs 9 mos
• Location Fredericton, New Brunswick

Audit, review and tax and advisory services to business, non-profit and government organizations.

Education

University of Prince Edward Island

• Degree Name BBA Field Of StudyBusiness
• Dates attended or expected graduation 1978 – 1981

Atlantic School of Chartered Accountancy

• Degree Name Chartered Accountant (CA)
• Dates attended or expected graduation 1982 – 1986