Matthew Kubic is an assistant professor for The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. He teaches courses on intermediate financial accounting, for which he draws heavily from his professional experience.

Kubic’s research primarily centers on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and financial misreporting. He has examined SEC error detection rates, SEC oversight, SEC regulatory inconsistencies, and regulator decision making. He has been invited to present his research at Yale University, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work has been published in The Accounting Review and the Journal of Financial Reporting.

Prior to joining McCombs, Kubic worked as the manager of transaction services for PricewaterhouseCoopers and as a postgraduate technical assistant for the Financial Accounting Standards Board. He has helped companies with complex capital market transactions including IPOs, divestitures, acquisitions, debt offerings, debt and equity financing, embedded derivative analysis, business combinations, stock compensation, revenue recognition, loan accounting, and U.S. GAAP to IFRS conversions.

Kubic earned a Ph.D. in accounting from Duke University. From Texas Christian University, he earned a master’s in accounting and a BBA in accounting and finance, with emphasis in leadership studies. He is a certified public accountant licensed in Texas.