As the firm’s Director of Assurance & Advisory (A&A), Kelly specializes in audits of commercial enterprises spanning a variety of industries, including manufacturing, banking and electronic payments, construction, and certain service industries, and in the audits of many nonprofit entities. When Kelly joined the firm in 2014, he brought with him over 20 years of accounting and auditing experience acquired through leadership roles in public accounting, internal auditing, and corporate accounting.
Prior to joining SEK, Kelly led audit and attestation teams for a national ‘Big 4’ accounting firm serving clients ranging from global to local. During this time, Kelly focused on financial services (financial institutions, broker-dealers, registered investment companies, venture capital, and private equity firms), manufacturing, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations. During his tenure at a large core site of a Fortune 500 multinational electronic payments corporation, he held various leadership roles. As a member of the internal audit function, he established and led the internal audit function, developed and executed internal control audits, efficiency audits, and compliance audits. When he transitioned into a corporate accounting role, he led a 30+ member accounting department, while concurrently traveling domestically and abroad (India, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil) to perform regulatory and GAAP compliance assessments, resource and structuring assessments, support major system conversions and provide accounting leadership for the launch of new product and service offerings.
His experience with external and internal audits, internal control design and implementation, and corporate accounting enable him to serve and collaborate with our clients in a variety of industries and capacities. In addition to his client responsibilities, Kelly serves as chair of A&A Committee, co-chair of the A&A Efficiency Task Force, and a member of Management Committee.