Kayla James, CPA, CIA

Kayla James returns to the University of Nebraska Office of Internal Audit and Advisory Services as a Senior Internal Auditor after a three-and-a-half-year tenure as the Director of Finance for the City of Kearney.

Kayla works with management across the University system to ensure that the campuses have established risk management, internal control and governance processes and that these processes are functioning in compliance with University policies and procedures, state and federal laws and regulations. She is physically located on the UNK campus.

Prior to joining Internal Audit and Advisory Services, she served as Accountant/Grants Manager in the UNK Finance Office and as an Auditor In Charge for Nebraska Auditor of Public Accounts, conducting audits and investigations of financial operations of Nebraska state and local governments.

She received her B.S. in Business Administration from Kearney State College with emphases in Accounting and Business Management and has more than 31 years of state and University accounting and auditing experience. Professionally, Kayla is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor. She is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Association of College and University Auditors and the Nebraska Society of Certified Public Accountants.