Iowa Ledger (2022) - Tippie College of Business

BRANDON MILLER
WORK HARD
Brandon Miller may have taken a very
different path in life if it hadn’t been
for Professor Emeritus Dan Collins.
Then a high school student, Miller was
likely to follow in the footsteps of his
dad and three uncles who all attended
Iowa State University. Despite this, he
agreed to tour the University of Iowa
with his parents. The tour took them
past Collins’ office at Tippie—and today,
Miller says those few moments with
the man “considered a legend within
the department” would essentially
change the trajectory of his life.
“Collins was so proud of everything
that the accounting faculty and the
graduating students were doing. He
could really sell the prestige and
excitement of the program. Largely
because of Collins, I chose Tippie.”
Miller credits his experiences with
Beta Alpha Psi (BAP)—first as a student
officer and then later as an alumni
representative on the international
BAP board of directors—as crucial
experiences on his path to partner. “It
set me apart early on to have those key
leadership opportunities,” he says.
After a summer internship with
EY, Miller started his career in their
Des Moines, Iowa offices where he
has remained for the past 18 years
specializing in integrated financial
audits, system and organization
controls reporting, and IT and
operational internal audits. He is a
partner in the technology risk practice
of the financial services organization
within EY and leads the financial audit
IT competency, which is supported
by over 500 EY IT auditors across the
country. His position has taken him
around the world—throughout North
America, Europe, and South America.
“Integrity, stewardship, and authentic
leadership are hopefully all attributes
my team members see in me daily,”
says Miller. “My leadership style has
always been to get up early and try
to work harder than many others to
achieve success for the team. As a
partner and key leader of many teams
today, I never want to be viewed as
expecting more of others than I do
of myself.”
“INTEGRITY,
STEWARDSHIP &
AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP
ARE HOPEFULLY ALL ATTRIBUTES
MY TEAM MEMBERS SEE IN ME DAILY.”
Brandon’s wife gifted him a personalized
Hawkeye license plate that reads “HAWKCPA”.
HAWKCPA
FUN FACT
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