-- Robert Canova Author Detail Menu Contact Us Subscribe Submit Our Publication Menu Our Publication Overview View All Articles View by Topic Writers Cohort Resources & Districts Menu Resources & Districts System Outreach & Resources Federal Reserve System Events About Us Menu About Us About Us Advisory Board Contact Us Home Our Publication Writers Cohort Robert Canova Senior Examiner, Supervision and Regulation Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta LinkedIn Robert Canova is a senior examiner in the Division of Supervision and Regulation at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. In this role, he is responsible for inspections and surveillance for a portfolio of holding companies with consolidated assets between $3 billion and $10 billion. Robert also provides accounting-related supervisory support to examination teams, including addressing accounting-related issues and educating examiners on changes in accounting guidance. He was also a financial analyst in Supervision, leading a team of analysts that produced market intelligence reports for use in state member community bank examinations, and a financial expert in the Bank’s Financial Statistics Division, serving as a resource for technical accounting issues in regulatory reporting. Before joining the Federal Reserve, Robert spent 12 years in the Trust Department and Controller’s Division at SunTrust Banks, Inc. He is a certified public accountant and has an M.B.A. from Georgia State University. Topics Accounting Audit Internal Controls Share this page Print Featured Work Accounting CECL at Community Banks: Early Assessments of the Allowance for Credit Losses Read More Liquidity Risk Operational Risk Management/Risk Management Going Too Fast? Managing Instant Payment Risks* Read More Accounting Allowance for Credit Losses Asset Quality Saying Goodbye to Troubled Debt Restructurings Read More View All Community Banking Connections is a go-to information source that offers resources, tools, and policy insights to help community bankers across the United States. Privacy Policy ©2026 Federal Reserve Banks. This material is the intellectual property of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks and cannot be copied without permission.