UCLA Professor Receives CGMA-Sponsored Early Career Researcher Award

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants and the Management Accounting Section of the American Accounting Association have named Henry Friedman, Ph.D., assistant professor of accounting at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as recipient of the 2018 Best Early Career Researcher Award.

The honor recognizes an early-career researcher with the best overall body of research in management accounting. It is sponsored by the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, the global accounting organization formed by members of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). The award is given on behalf of the Association’s Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation which distinguishes a unique group of more than 150,000 management accountants worldwide who have reached the highest level of quality and competence.

Friedman earned the award as a result of his research contributions which broadly explore how information is produced and used in firms and capital markets. Using theoretical models and archival data, he studies issues including regulation, corporate governance, managerial incentives, noise in stock prices and returns, and investor preferences. The award is accompanied by a $2000 grant.

Dr. Dhananjay Nanda, chair of the selection committee and department chair and professor of accounting at the University of Miami Business School, presented Friedman with the award at the annual AAA Conference in Washington, D.C.

“Dr. Freidman’s research covers a range of issues including incentive compensation, CEO pressure on CFOs, investor-level gender biases and reporting quality and capital market development,” said Joselin Martin, CPA, CCIFP, CGMA, chair of the Association’s Americas Region Advisory Panel and chief financial officer of Hayles and Howe, Inc. “His research offers valuable insights to management accountants who play a critical role in the reporting, governance and value creation processes of their organizations.”

Friedman earned his doctorate, master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. During his tenure at the university, he taught core managerial accounting and
helped teach entrepreneurship and materials science and engineering courses as a graduate fellow for the Innovation and Technology Management course. His work is published in journals including the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Management Accounting Research and the Journal of Accounting and Economics