Trish Stringer, MFin (Mgmt), FCPA, FCMA, FCA

About

Patricia (Trish) Stringer, FCPA, FCMA, FCA, is a Full Executive Professor in the Alberta School of Business at the University of Alberta. She brings more than 30 years of professional and academic experience in accounting, finance, consulting, and education.

Since joining the University of Alberta in 2009, Trish has taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses in financial and managerial accounting, taxation, and auditing. Her teaching emphasizes the practical application of accounting concepts, supported by extensive use of technology, case-based learning, and a variety of learning resources designed to help students develop skills that extend beyond the classroom.

Trish is actively involved in curriculum and course development and has designed instructional materials across numerous accounting courses. She also mentors students through experiential and extracurricular learning opportunities, including business case competitions and the Rocky Mountain Business Seminar.

Her commitment to teaching has been recognized with the Donald and Margaret MacKenzie Distinguished Teaching Award three times (2013, 2019, and 2024), the CPA Education Foundation Teaching Award three times (2011, 2017, and 2022), and the Business Students' Association Professor of the Year Award in 2024.

Prior to and alongside her academic career, Trish gained extensive professional experience in public accounting, consulting, and entrepreneurship. She worked with KPMG and KPMG Consulting/BearingPoint before establishing her own consulting and accounting business in 2005. Her professional experience includes controllership, financial reporting, process documentation and redesign, budgeting, financial analysis, and organizational systems and controls.

Trish holds a Bachelor of Mathematics in Chartered Accountancy and Information Systems from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Financial Management from the University of Alberta. She earned her CMA designation in 1994 and her CA designation in 1997. In 2024, she was named a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants (FCPA), recognizing her contributions to the accounting profession and community.

Teaching

I have taught and continue to teach most Accounting courses offered at the University of Alberta. Please see below for courses I am teaching in the upcoming year.

ACCTG 211 - Introduction to Accounting for Financial Performance

How to prepare and interpret financial statements that report to decision makers external to the enterprise, such as shareholders and creditors. Course includes principles and standards of balance sheet valuation, income measurement, financial disclosure and cash flow analysis that link preparation and use of such statements. Pre- or co-requisites: ECON 101 and 102. Students may not receive credit for both ACCTG 211 and ACCTG 311.

ACCTG 222 - Introduction to Accounting for Management Decision Making

In contrast to the external orientation of ACCTG 211, this course focuses on how to prepare and use accounting information for management decision making. Major topics include: the role of corporate goals, planning and control concepts, how costs behave and how to analyze and manage them, budgeting and performance measures. Prerequisite: ACCTG 211 or 311. Students may not receive credit for both ACCTG 222 and ACCTG 322.

ACCTG 324 - Intermediate Management Accounting

Emphasizes mastery of techniques for implementation and evaluation of cost systems for management and decision making. Cost issues include: accumulating and analyzing costs using actual, standard and activity-based approaches, overhead allocation and cost estimation. Management topics include: pricing, production and investment decisions, revenue analysis, performance evaluation, management incentive systems and strategy analysis. Linear programming and multiple regression may be used. Prerequisites: ACCTG 222 or 322 and MGTSC 212 or 312. There is a consolidated exam for ACCTG 324. Students may not receive credit for both ACCTG 324 and ACCTG 424.

ACCTG 463 - Accounting for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment

This course covers accounting rules and practice in the area of natural resources, energy and the environment. Some topics include mineral rights and exploration costs, emissions trading, environmental reporting and liabilities. While it does contain technical material, it is meant for both accounting and non-accounting students. Both International and U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) will be explored. The focus will be on understanding how firms in this area report their natural resource assets and related liabilities. Prerequisite: ACCTG 311. ACCTG 412 or 414 are recommended.

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