Up-Close with Bill Schneider, Director of Accounting, AT&T

Bill Schneider | February 16, 2016

The Director of Accounting at global telecom AT&T talks about the importance of ethics in accounting as an important leadership skill. He stresses that professional accountants in business must be able to embrace change and develop their own unique career path, and evolve along the way.

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Bill Schneider

Director of Accounting, AT&T

Bill Schneider became a member of the Professional Accountants in Business (PAIB) Committee in January 2012. He was nominated by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA). Mr. Schneider is currently director of accounting for the Corporate Accounting Policy and Executive Compensation Accounting at AT&T. Mr. Schneider has held multiple positions at AT&T and BellSouth, including responsibility for the Corporate Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Office, controller positions, shared services project manager, and SEC reporting manager. Prior to joining BellSouth, which later became part of AT&T, Mr. Schneider worked at Deloitte & Touche.