Westlake Village William L. Warburton, Audit
William L. Warburton
Westlake Village Office
Audit
Prior to joining HCVT in 1997 Bill was a vice president and corporate controller for a $300 million publicly held automotive salvage services company. He was also chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration for a privately held landscape services and nursery company and a senior audit manager at KPMG Peat Marwick. At KPMG Peat Marwick Bill spent almost ten years serving publicly and privately held businesses in the firm's Private Business Advisory Services group, which was later renamed the Middle Market Practice. Bill has about 30 years of related experience.
Bill's experience encompasses all forms of financial reporting services, including benefit plan auditing, SEC reporting, audits, reviews and compilations.
Through his experience, Bill has developed a very strong background auditing 401(k) and other benefit plans. When Bill was in industry, he served as a plan trustee and administrator. Bill is focused on assisting plan sponsors with compliance related issues. He is the partner-in-charge of the firms benefit audit practice, which annually performs close to 200 plan audits. Bill’s practice is solely the auditing of benefit plans. Bill has spoken on benefit plan auditing issues to various organizations, including the CPA Foundation, California Society of Certified Public Accountants, National Institute of Pension Administrators, and the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries.
Bill graduated from California State University, Northridge with a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance. Bill is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Western Pension Benefit Conference, the National Institution of Pension Administrators and the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries.