Partner Profile

Richard A. Jones, CPA
Service Line Leader, Assurance Services
Audit Partner
Certified Public Accountant, Texas

Phone:
817.882.7717
E-mail:
rajones@weaverandtidwell.com

Professional Experience

  • 33 years of audit experience
  • Responsibility for direction of the firm's audit practice
  • A partner of the firm since 1982
  • Audit and engagement partner for manufacturers, insurers, high tech industries financial institutions, health care entities, non-profit organizations, and other private and publicly-held businesses
  • Former member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Accounting and Review Services Committee (1999-2001)
  • Former member, AICPA Auditing Standards Board (1990 - 1992)

University and Continuing Professional Education

  • Bachelors degrees, Science (1970) and Accounting (1974), University of Texas at Arlington
  • Currently meets the continuing professional education requirement imposed by Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards

Professional Awards, Activities and Memberships

  • Member, Peer Review Committee, TSCPA
  • Recipient, TSCPA Continuing Professional Education Award
  • Member, Accounting Department Advisory Committee, Texas Christian University
  • Member, AICPA
  • Member, TSCPA and its Fort Worth Chapter
  • Member, Board of Directors, Fort Worth Economic Development Corporation

Publications

  • As a member of the AICPA Auditing Standards Board, contributed to the publication of the following Statements on Auditing Standards

    No. 64 - Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards
    No. 65 - The Auditor's Consideration of the Internal Audit Function in an Audit of Financial Statements
    No. 66 - Communication of Matters About Interim Financial Information Field or to Be Filed with Specified Regulatory Agencies
    No. 67 - The Confirmation Process
    No. 68 - Compliance Auditing Applicable to Governmental Entities and Other Recipients of Governmental Financial Assistance
    No. 69 - The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the Independent Auditor's Report
    No. 70 - Reports on the Processing of Transactions by Service Organizations
    No. 71 - Interim Financial Information
  • As a member of the AICPA Accounting and Review Services Committee, contributed to the publication of the following Statement on Standards for Accounting and Review Services:

    No. 8 - Compilation and Review of Financial Statements