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Candace Jackson

Partner – Moore Colson

cjackson@moorecolson.com
770.989.0028

Candace Jackson, CPA, is a Partner in Moore Colson’s Business Assurance Practice. Candace manages audit and review teams and serves as a practice area leader in the firm’s Employee Benefit Plan audit practice. With over 13 years of experience with employee benefit plans, Candace serves both public and private company plans to ensure compliance with reporting requirements and advise on plan operations. She annually assists clients with 401(k), 403(b), pension, ESOP, and health and welfare plans.

Candace’s professional background in public accounting, along with her strong interpersonal and team-oriented skills, complement Moore Colson’s already diversified Business Assurance team. In addition to her expertise in employee benefit plan audits, Candace also has extensive experience serving clients in the transportation, distribution, and services industries.

Education

Berry College (B.B.A. in Finance and Accounting, 2007)

Professional Affiliations

Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Women in Pensions Network

Pension Education Council of Atlanta, Inc. Board Member

Society for Human Resource Management, Atlanta Chapter

Employee Benefit Expertise

Advanced Defined Contribution Plans Audit Certificate by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA)

Moore Colson employee benefit leadership team

Assists in executing approximately 50 employee benefit plan audits each year

Conducts employee benefit plan audit training

Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants Employee Benefits Conference Task Force and Speaker

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PECA (Pension Education Council of Atlanta) was established by a committee that includes some of the most tenured and esteemed retirement plan professionals in the Atlanta area. PECA is committed to providing high quality continuing education and networking opportunities for all types of professionals, newer entrants into the industry, and benefits specialists working for plan sponsors, all of whom work with retirement plans.

PECA’s Board includes local experts with national reputations in the industry as speakers and thought leaders, years of success creating in-person and online educational programs, and relationships that have brought other nationally known experts to Atlanta to share their expertise:

  • Debra Carpenter – Debra L. Carpenter, CPA
  • Alison Cohen – Ferenczy Benefits Law Center
  • Lindsey Dolbeer – Ferenczy Benefits Law Center
  • Ilene Ferenczy – Ferenczy Benefits Law Center
  • Alvaro Galvis – Merrill Lynch
  • Katie Green – Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
  • Candace Jackson – Moore Colson
  • Joni Jennings – Primark Benefits
  • Evan Melcher – CAPTRUST
  • Joanne Pecina – ERISApedia.com
  • Shawn Slemons – OneDigital
  • Lee Swerdlin – FuturePlan
  • Mike Zahariades – Retirement Plan Administrators

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