<P> Chris is hired to audit Living Robotics after the company 's founder and CEO , Lamar Blackburn ( Lithgow ) and his sister Rita , learn of discrepancies from in - house accountant Dana Cummings ( Kendrick ) . Chris finds that over $61 million has been embezzled from the company . CFO Ed Chilton , who is diabetic , is forced by a hitman to commit suicide from an insulin overdose . Lamar dismisses Chris , claiming Chilton killed himself because of the investigation of the embezzlement , leaving Chris very distraught because he can not finish the audit . </P>
<P> Chris is hired to audit Living Robotics after the company 's founder and CEO , Lamar Blackburn ( Lithgow ) and his sister Rita , learn of discrepancies from in - house accountant Dana Cummings ( Kendrick ) . Chris finds that over $61 million has been embezzled from the company . CFO Ed Chilton , who is diabetic , is forced by a hitman to commit suicide from an insulin overdose . Lamar dismisses Chris , claiming Chilton killed himself because of the investigation of the embezzlement , leaving Chris very distraught because he can not finish the audit . </P>
who plays the female lead in the 2016 film the accountant
who plays the female lead in the 2016 film the accountant
Kendrick
Kendrick