Finance and accounting leader with expertise in financial strategy and analysis, M&A transactions, financial reporting, audit, and process improvement. Diverse career experience in private capital investment and Big Four/top ten public accounting firms. Currently Chief Financial Officer - Operations Group at Pritzker Private Capital where I lead value-add finance, accounting, and other strategic company initiatives. Previously in transaction services at Crowe Horwath where I consulted on over fifty deals, and prior to that, I led financial statement audits and internal control reviews of public and private companies at Deloitte. Certified Public Accountant (inactive) with Master of Accounting Science and Bachelor of Science in Accountancy with high honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Specialties include: M&A transactions, due diligence, financial analysis, financial reporting, internal controls, financial statement audit, company valuation, risk management, process improvement.