Darcy Austin

Darcy started with FIA in 2019 and leads the client accounting and financial reporting functions for domestic and international timberland investments at Forest Investment Associates (FIA).
In addition, she is responsible for reporting client performance returns and the management of client cash reserves, as well as overseeing internal control and attestation projects.
She is also a member of FIA’s Risk Management Committee, FIA’s ESG Committee, and Executive Committee.
Previously, Darcy was an Accounting Analyst, providing accounting and reporting services for FIA client accounts with international investments as well as those with IFRS reporting requirements.
Before joining FIA, Darcy served as an Audit and Advisory Senior Associate at Frazier & Deeter, LLC.
During her time with Frazier & Deeter, she worked on many different types of engagements, including financial statement audits, SEC Custody Audits for Registered Investment Advisors, SOC 1 & SOC 2 internal-control engagements, Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Section 404 (SOX 404) internal-control compliance and readiness engagements, information technology audit engagements, and other advisory projects.
She was active in employee training and development, serving on the planning committee for Frazier & Deeter’s annual training week.
Darcy has also completed several technical accounting research projects, developing updates to Frazier & Deeter’s audit methodology handbook during 2018.
In 2015, along with Dr. Charles Mulford of Georgia Tech, she drafted a research paper entitled “Percentage-of-Completion Accounting and the New Accounting Standard for Revenue Recognition: A Look at the Aerospace and Defense Industry”.