Jimelle is a Director with over a decade of client service experience primarily in auditing, accounting, and corporate investigations. A certified public accountant, Jimelle has an expansive track record of excellence covering a variety of engagements involving operational accounting, fraud investigations, accounting analyses, GAAP compliance, and risk and controls evaluations. Jimelle’s experience also spans a diverse range of industries, including hotel and hospitality, global cruises, financial services, and energy.
With Accordion, Jimelle has partnered with senior management to support clients’ operational accounting needs and improvement efforts. Jimelle has performed finance and accounting process assessments with developed streamlined process and system solutions, executed process and system integration, and supported ERP implementation. Most recently, Jimelle managed the finance and accounting function of a $750M carveout where she led the interim team complete the global month-end close process, transitioned the accounting responsibilities and trained the new accounting team, and managed the company’s complex first-year audit.
Prior to joining Accordion, Jimelle spent over 6 years in forensic accounting. In that role, she participated in multiple corporate investigations involving complex accounting, financial reporting fraud, and asset misappropriations. Jimelle also regularly worked alongside experts in litigation and arbitration matters by conducting relevant forensic analyses, preparing expert reports, and supporting experts in preparation for depositions and testimonies.
Jimelle started her career in the audit practice of Deloitte & Touche, where she spent 5 years performing audits of an SEC registrant, private entities, and employee benefit plans.
Jimelle earned her Bachelors in Public Accounting and in French (with honors distinction) from Calvin College.
“People with integrity walk safely, but those who follow crooked paths will be exposed.” - Proverbs 10:9