Andrew Imdieke
- Ernst & Young Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor
- Accountancy
Biography
Andy Imdieke is an Associate Professor of Accountancy and EY Faculty Fellow at the University of Notre Dame. He earned a Ph.D. in accounting as well as an MBA from Michigan State University. He is also a graduate of Hope College (B.A.) and earned a CPA designation in the state of Michigan (inactive). Prior to entering academia, he worked for 3 years at Borders Group, Inc. (Borders Books & Music) in Ann Arbor, MI serving as Director of Internal Audit and as Supply Chain Controller. He also practiced public accounting at Plante & Moran, PLLC. Professor Imdieke’s research focuses on internal controls over financial reporting as well as factors that impact audit quality. His research has been published in leading accounting journals including The Journal of Accounting & Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Accounting Organizations & Society, and Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory. He also received the 2023 Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal honoring his study in AOS for its contribution to accounting practice. He currently serves on the Editorial Board for The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory.
Related News & Stories

Research
Driven to Distraction
Acquiring non-audit-related consultancies can take away from an accounting firm’s core mission.
Faculty in the Media
Not enough accountants? The CFO’s tenure might get a little shakier
“If the shortage starts to hit the accounting firms who are providing the audit opinion, then that could shake confidence in the financial statements even more than even just staffing issues,” said Andrew Imdieke, an associate professor of accounting at the University of Notre Dame in a piece for the Wall Street Journal.
Wall Street Journal
Faculty Research
Time is on management’s side when addressing material weaknesses in financial reporting, study shows
Research from Andrew Imdieke finds that time is the best indicator for success when remediating material weaknesses in internal controls.