Cherish Simmons
Vice President, Audit

With more than 10 years of unclaimed property audit experience, Cherish focuses on leading our team of knowledgeable unclaimed property auditors in expanding our audit capacity; streamlining the audit process, focusing on efficiencies and results; enhancing our audit procedures and practices; improving our authorization process and status reporting; determining audit candidates that warrant further review of potential unclaimed property reporting practices; and identifying new sources of unclaimed property.

Before coming to Xerox, Cherish was a Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC’s Abandoned and Unclaimed Property, State and Local Tax Group. Cherish managed all aspects of unclaimed property examinations performed by the states’ third party auditors. Her recent areas of focus include: calculations and escheatability of insurance death benefits, reporting of business to business filings, and the management of highly complex multi-state unclaimed property examinations relating to large corporations. Cherish is a recognized authority in the unclaimed property industry, having spoken at numerous events related to technical abandoned and unclaimed property topics including recent legislation, audit strategies and compliance methodologies.

Cherish is a graduate of Iona College in New Rochelle, New York and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting. She also holds certifications as a New York State Certified Public Accountant and Certified Accounts Payable Professional. Cherish is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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