The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association announced the agenda for its 2023 Lease and Finance Accountants Conference and recognized the members on its 2023 Financial Accounting Committee. New this year, the conference is offered both in-person on Sept. 11-13 in New Orleans and virtually at a special discounted rate. The three-day event will provide the latest information on accounting and financial reporting issues affecting the $1 trillion equipment finance sector.

“Accounting professionals today are being challenged to lead, interpret and navigate fast-changing business environments like never before,” said Jay Wilensky, Chair of ELFA’s Financial Accounting Committee. “Make sure you not only reinforce your current technical and soft skills but also stay on top of the new trends and regulations by attending the Lease and Finance Accountants Conference on Sept. 11-13. There’s nowhere else you’ll find this level of operational and accounting information you need to succeed—along with the opportunity to network and exchange best practices with peers and other industry leaders.”

Highlights from the 2023 Lease and Finance Accountants Conference agenda include:

• General sessions on “as a service” contracts, lease accounting challenges in the current economic environment, the state of the economy featuring Robert F. Wescott, what’s new from representatives from the FASB & IASB, and accounting & audit-related questions.
• Breakout sessions on the capital markets, CECL, climate financing, ESG, lease & loan pricing, navigating the lease accounting guidance, sale leasebacks, securitizations & syndications, tax law and more.
• Pre-conference session on fraud.
• Attendees are eligible to receive 15 Continuing Professional Education credits from the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy.

The agenda also includes multiple networking events, including a New Orleans Walking Tour, a Newcomers Reception and a 5K Fun Run.

Attendees also will have access to a host of technology-related sessions at the ELFA Operations & Technology Conference, which will be held concurrently at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in New Orleans. Attendees may participate in both conferences at no extra cost. Both conferences will share an exhibit featuring lease and finance accounting software and other technology-related processes and systems.

Planning Committee
ELFA recognized the members of the 2023 Financial Accounting Committee who are helping to plan the Lease and Finance Accountants Conference, including:

• Jay Wilensky, Senior VP, Accounting & Finance, Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co., a Sasser Family Company (Committee Chair)
• John Bober, Managing Member, IXL Lease Advisory Services, LLC (Past Chair)
• David Abplanalp, COO, BMO Harris Equipment Finance
• Therese Babiash, Director of Accounting Policy, GATX Corporation
• Deborah Brady, Senior VP & CFO, Key Equipment Finance
• Matthew Derba, Partner - National Assurance, CohnReznick LLP
• Kyle Elken, Controller, DLL
• Matt Esposito, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP
• Joseph Guage, CFO, First American Equipment Finance, an RBC / City National Company
• Shawn Halladay, CLFP, Chief Financial & Operating Officer, Pitney Bowes Global Financial Services
• Marc Jerusalem, Managing Director, Accounting & Consulting Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• Gary Kabureck, Retired Board Member, IASB Former Corporate VP and Chief Accounting Officer, Xerox Corporation
• Tim Kolber, Managing Director | Accounting Advisory & Transformation Services, Deloitte
• Jeffrey Lezinski, SVP Solution Architecture, Odessa
• Herbert Lohmann, Global Leasing Controller - HFS, Healthcare Financial Services, GE Healthcare
• Scott Muir, Partner - Department of Professional Practice, KPMG LLP
• Steven Pinamonti, Senior Technical Accounting Manager, IBM Financing
• Derrick Prine, Controller US & Canada, John Deere Financial
• Sumeet Puri, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
• Joseph Sebik, Director of Tax, Siemens Financial Services, Inc.
• Charlie Shannon, Partner, Moss Adams LLP
• Mamta Shori, CFO, Wells Fargo Equipment Finance
• Jeremy Simons, Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
• Amie Sweeney, VP, CBRE
• Rick Thompson, Director, Structuring & Transaction Management, Bank of America Global Leasing

More Information
The agenda and registration details for the Lease and Finance Accountants Conference are available at www.elfaonline.org/events/2023/LAC/.