About Mary-Joan Potvin
MJ Potvin is an instructor in Accounting and has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses. A Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since 1989, she has nearly 30 years of experience in various auditing and accounting roles. Positions she has held include: Audit Manager (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), Director of Financial Reporting, Controller, Senior Corporate Auditor, Operations Consultant, and Director of Project Management.
MJ Potvin has also served as a consultant to companies on accounting, financial reporting, and video education matters. She has taught a number of professional courses including the Lambers CPA Review, staff training classes for Coopers & Lybrand, LLP, and customer training on the use of XBR exception-based query software.
Employment History
- Suffolk University
- Instructor in Accounting
- Suffolk University
- Associate Director of Graduate Programs in Accounting
- Suffolk University
- Associate Director of Accounting Programs
- Suffolk University
- Adjunct Faculty
- Suffolk University
- Accounting Fellow
- Northern Essex Community College
- Adjunct Faculty
- Nuvelo, Inc. (formerly Variagenics, Inc.)
- Controller
- Datavantage Corporation
- Director of Project Management
- Harborside Healthcare Corporation
- Director of Financial Reporting
- Melville Corporation
- Senior Corporate Auditor/Operations Consultant
- PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
- Audit Staff through Audit Manager
Education
- MSA, Suffolk University
- BSBA, Merrimack College
Awards & Honors
Contact Me
- 617-573-8740
- [email protected]
- Sargent Hall, Room 5340
Office Hours
Courses Taught
- MBA 640 Corporate Financial Reporting & Control
- ACCT 801 Graduate Financial Accounting II
- ACCT 802 Graduate Financial Accounting III