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PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS

AVAILABLE TALENT 

Check out our list of project-based consultants currently available.  Feel free to share with others and let us know if anyone piques your interest.

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Corey Hawley, CPA: Senior Accounting Consultant (Triangle) 

Corey Hawley is an accounting and finance leader with deep experience supporting private equity–backed SaaS companies across financial reporting, reconciliations, process improvement, and transaction support. Through multiple Vaco engagements, he has led reconciliation and reporting initiatives while partnering directly with senior management, demonstrating a strong ability to ramp quickly, perform root cause analysis, identify control and process gaps, and recommend adjusting entries and operational improvements.

Prior to Vaco, Corey served as Controller of Prometheus Group, a Genstar backed growth stage software company, where he oversaw the global accounting and finance function, standardized policies and procedures to support scale and acquisitions, and led key initiatives including payroll process improvements, treasury and AP automation, and ASC 842 adoption. Through his career, Corey has supported seller readiness efforts, contributed to Quality of Earnings analyses, and led integration efforts for addon acquisitions within international reporting environments. He began his career in public accounting, spending seven years leading audits across a range of industries and providing technical guidance on accounting standards and evolving reporting requirements. 

Systems: Sage Intacct, NetSuite, QuickBooks, LeaseQuery, ADP Workforce Now, Salesforce, Bill.com, Tipalti, SharePoint, Advanced Excel

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Tammy Stogner, CPA: Senior Financial Reporting & Technical Accounting Consultant (Triangle)   

Tammy is a seasoned accounting professional with extensive experience in SEC reporting, technical accounting, shared services, IPO readiness, and all aspects of the close process, and she is available for her next engagement beginning 2/2/26. She has been part of the Vaco network for many years, consistently sought after when she becomes available. Most recently, she spent three years supporting a publicly traded global manufacturing company with SEC filings, technical accounting research, ERP implementation, and monthly close activities, and later returned as Interim Shared Services Controller to remediate a fixed asset related control deficiency within six months.

As a Vaco consultant, she also assisted a private equity backed medical device company with ASC 842 adoption and technical accounting and supported a global clinical research company with multicurrency project reconciliations and loading balances into Oracle. Prior to consulting, Tammy spent over 28 years at IQVIA (formerly QuintilesIMS), managing SEC filings, supporting major transactions including IPOs and acquisitions, overseeing corporate consolidations and U.S. payroll, and contributing heavily to monthly close activities. Earlier in her career, she prepared financial statements and tax related filings for construction industry clients, including reconciliations, journal entries, and payroll reporting. 

Systems: SAP​, OneStream​, Oracle, Hyperion, AuditBoard, LeaseQuery, Advanced Excel    

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Kathy Korn: Senior Accounting Consultant (Triangle)

Kathy brings over 20 years of operational accounting experience across month-end close, financial reporting, payroll, AP, fixed assets, and consolidations. Over the past year, she served as interim controller for a private equity–backed laboratory consulting and staffing firm, driving major financial cleanup efforts, multiyear balance sheet reconciliations, and significant process improvements. She previously supported the same CFO at a medical communications consulting firm, enhancing budgeting, forecasting, consolidated reporting, and reducing the month-end close from 15 to 3 days. Kathy has also provided interim controllership for a healthcare organization, managing audits, purchase accounting, tax support, acquisitions, and extensive balance sheet improvements.

Before consulting, she worked at PowerSecure—initially through Vaco—where she was a key part of the month-end close process and spent 13 years with Arizant Healthcare (a 3M company), progressing to Controller, followed by five years with 3M Corporate focusing on global finance transitions and ERP implementations. She began her career in manufacturing environments, building a strong foundation in AP, payroll, and general accounting.

Systems: NetSuite, SAP, PeopleSoft, JBA, IFS, QAD, Open Systems, ManMan, QuickBooks Enterprise & Online; Advanced Excel; WebI, CorVu, Impromptu, Business Objects, Hyperion; Lotus Notes, ADP, Greenshades, Paylocity, Concur, Workday, Vertex Q Series (Sales Tax), BEST FAS

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James Xenos: Senior Accounting & Finance Consultant (Triangle)     

James Xenos is an experienced Vaco consultant completing his first engagement with excellent feedback and is well regarded for his strengths in month end close, system implementations, financial and Board reporting, budgeting, and forecasting. Most recently, as Interim VP of Finance for a PE backed marina/real estate company, he led the finance team through a leadership transition, overseeing core operations (close, AP/AR, payroll, treasury, reporting), conducting marina level P&L reviews, presenting monthly results to executives, managing construction draws and development budgets, implementing Yardi’s Construction Manager, supporting automation initiatives, and coordinating audits, tax, and insurance compliance; he now supports parttime while helping build a centralized data warehouse.

Previously, as Director of Finance for OT Growth Partners (a PE backed Orangetheory franchisor), he stepped into CFO responsibilities, leading all accounting and finance, accelerating close via Power BI automation, enhancing reporting packages, implementing NetSuite end to end, and supporting acquisition integration and purchase accounting. Earlier, he served as Accounting & Operations Manager at Union Member House, creating financial and operational infrastructure, securing investor funding, managing POS systems, and overseeing the physical buildout. At Bond Gifting, he supported financial cleanup during its acquisition by Newell Brands, handling daily entries, reconciliations, vendor payments, and later financial modeling and internal reporting.

Systems: NetSuite, QuickBooks, Sage, Yardi, ADP, Toast, Power BI, Advanced Excel, Visual Lease, Ramp, Concur, Bill.com, Square, Salesforce, Dominion Payroll, Gusto, Justworks 

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Euneeka Farrar: Senior Operational Accounting & AR Consultant (Triangle)

Experienced Vaco consultant with 10+ years in accounting operations. Recently completed an AP support project at an energy solutions company, including invoice processing and RNI reconciliation. Previously completed an accounts payable and accounting project for a newly private equity backed service company. Previously completed sales and use tax project with pre-IPO software company, reviewing tax treatment for contracts, building a playbook to analyze sales tax implications to validate what is taxable, and streamlining invoicing processes in Salesforce and NetSuite. Previous experience supporting Vaco clients with AP and AR clean-up projects, including inbox triage, high volume invoice processing, vendor and customer management, and collections. Adept at bank and credit card reconciliations, employee expense management, payroll processing, journal entries, financial statement preparation, and month-end close.

Systems: NetSuite, Intacct, Dynamics GP, Epicor, QuickBooks, Ramp, Salesforce, SharePoint, Namely, ADP, Paylocity, Paychex, MS Excel

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Molly Richards: SAP Accounting Consultant (Triangle)  

Molly joined Vaco in Spring 2024 as a highly referred consultant with more than 30 years of accounting, finance, and systems implementation experience across manufacturing and service organizations. She has supported clients across month end close, financial analysis and reporting, Procure to Pay, AP/AR optimization, ERP implementations, and project management. Most recently, Molly supported an international publicly traded manufacturer with GRIR research and resolution, AP optimization, and process documentation, recommending improvements that accelerated resolution cycle times and partnering with offshore teams to develop AP exception process maps.

Previously, she completed a yearlong engagement with a global pharmaceutical manufacturer providing post go live SAP S/4HANA support, SOX compliant close activities, balance sheet reconciliations, GRNI analysis, and user training, while also designing and implementing a new GRNI review process in collaboration with FP&A. Molly brings deep SAP FICO expertise as a business process owner and SME, having led multiple global implementations and supported governance, UAT, security and access reviews, and master data migration. Earlier in her career at Eaton, she managed the month end close for a $1.6B division, served as liaison to offshore shared services, and developed strong Procure to Pay expertise, complemented by extensive experience in service finance, revenue recognition, and cost accounting.

Systems: SAP S4/HANA, SAP FICO, Oracle Financials, Oracle Service ERP, Blackline, Ariba, Hyperion Financial Management, Sage Intacct, Costpoint, Advanced Excel, Advanced Visio    

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Kevin Collins: Senior Accounting & Audit Consultant (Triangle)    

Kevin joined Vaco in 2022 as a highly recommended consultant, bringing expertise across accounting, audit, financial reporting, internal controls, and project management, with experience spanning public companies, private equity backed organizations, and global operations. At Vaco, Kevin has supported clients across SOX compliance, internal controls, and financial reporting initiatives, including leading control reviews, walkthroughs, risk and control matrix development, and quarter end review activities for global consumer products and retail companies. He has also supported private equity backed pharmaceutical clients by developing gross to net and FP&A tools to assess contract profitability and partnering with Big 4 consulting teams to digitize reporting processes.

Kevin has launched COSO based control frameworks, implemented and optimized AuditBoard, supported SAP ERP rollouts, and served as Interim Assistant Controller overseeing cost accounting and month end close. Prior to Vaco, Kevin was VP of Legal Entity Accounting and Review at Credit Suisse, where he led U.S. entity disclosures, improved close processes, and supported CECL implementation. Earlier in his career at EY, he built a strong foundation in audit, internal controls, and revenue recognition, including leading ASC 606 implementation for a publicly traded life sciences company.

Systems: SAP, NetSuite, PeopleSoft, Oracle, AuditBoard, OneStream, SharePoint, Advanced Excel 

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Erika Fantroy: Staff Accountant (Triangle)

Experienced Vaco consultant with four years’ experience in operational accounting, currently wrapping up an engagement at a business management consulting firm where she stepped in to manage accounts payable after unexpected turnover. Previously supported an EdTech company with accounts receivable and collections, successfully recovering more than $4 million in past‑due invoices. Also assisted an electrical equipment company by clearing a significant AP backlog caused by a failed automation rollout. After a decade in healthcare, she transitioned into accounting, beginning as a staff accountant responsible for monthly bookkeeping for 18 clients, including AP, AR, fixed assets, journal entries, reconciliations, and grant accounting.

Systems: NetSuite, Intacct, P21, Epicor, QuickBooks, Concur, Bill.com, ADP, Salesforce, and Excel

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Tony Mikesell: Senior FP&A Consultant (Triangle)    

Tony joined Vaco’s Professional Consulting team in 2022 and brings deep FP&A expertise, partnering with businesses to develop annual budgets, KPIs, and accurate forecasts. Most recently, for a local real estate firm, he built its first bottoms up revenue and expense budget model, recommended reporting improvements, consolidated budgets for leadership review, and collaborated with the CFO and CIO on a liquidity forecast for investment funds and credit lines. For a private equity backed multisite behavioral healthcare client, Tony created the organization’s first multiyear model using Sage Intacct actuals and key growth drivers, evaluated acquisition opportunities, built NewCo financials, and presented actuals and forecasts at Board meetings. A former employer—a PE backed specialty pharma company—also engaged Tony to model the financial impact of exiting a line of business, unify multiple Excel files into a single bonus calculation source of truth, create HR templates for annual increases, and recommend ADP updates.

For a PE backed clinical research organization, he built a revenue forecast model incorporating backlog, new deals, and change orders, and streamlined the company’s pricing model for clearer inputs and scenario analysis. Tony has extensive financial modeling experience, including creating a full 5year IS/BS/CF model used by a PE firm and investment bank to acquire a company twice the size of the original business, as well as developing multiyear business cases for strategic investments, acquisitions, and partnerships. He also served as the finance lead for a Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP implementation, designing data relationships, defining security, and building Power BI reports focused on management and utilization reporting. 

Systems: Advanced Excel skills, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Sage Intacct, SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, Adaptive Planning, Salesforce, QuickBooks, Yardi, Power BI

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Tasha Brown: Senior Operational Accounting Consultant – AR SME (Triangle)    

Experienced Vaco Consultant available immediately, after completing project supporting unbilled AR clean-up project for a private equity backed SaaS client, where her efforts led to our client recognizing $2M in unbilled revenue from orders lost in translation during a NetSuite implementation. Previously completed project for international private equity backed life science company with accounts receivable systems challenges in advance of AR/revenue module upgrade on NetSuite. Prior, her first Vaco project lasted nearly a year at a private equity backed life science company, where she improved invoicing processes within Salesforce and Intacct, including business process evaluation.

Tasha is skilled in all aspects of recording transactions, posting debits and credits, reconciling accounts, and ensuring accuracy and completeness of data, with a competency in the revenue cycle. She is proficient in managing credit analysis and accounts receivable, generating invoices and monthly statements for internal and external customers. SAP Super User in the order-to-cash module, has supported Master Data Set Up, led training on the O2C module in SAP at ABB, Quanex, and Armacell, and has been a part of several implementations and upgrades.

Systems: NetSuite, Intacct, SAP Super User, SharePoint, QuickBooks, Salesforce, Microsoft Excel

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Jacob Pavone: Data & Analytics Consultant (Triangle)  

Jacob joined Vaco with a strong focus on leveraging data to drive business decisions and improve operational efficiency. Prior to Vaco, at TriMark Digital, he delivered data visualization for more than 50 clients and internal partners, providing actionable insights for strategic marketing decisions using SQL, Python, and Google BigQuery. At Vaco, Jacob has automated Tableau dashboards for a banking client to quantify asset vulnerability, replacing manual Excel processes and improving speed, accuracy, and security.

For a services company, he designed and built an ETL pipeline to move data from APIs to Snowflake, where daily SQL scripts clean and prepare data for Power BI reporting. He also developed an internal reporting platform enabling Account Managers to customize client-facing reports, enhancing client experience and retention. Additionally, Jacob has led automation initiatives to reduce manual data entry, saving over 30 hours per month through Python, SQL, and cloud-scheduled scripts. 

Systems: SQL, Excel, Python, Tableau, Google Analytics, Salesforce Cloud  

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Ada Meadows: Senior Operational Accounting Consultant (Triangle) 

Long-time Vaco relationship and experienced consultant. Winding down a year-long engagement alongside two other Vaco consultants. Stepped in at a private equity backed construction company assisting with AP clean-up resulting from a poorly implemented AP automation system. Previously completed a two-year project at a publicly traded, global pharmaceutical company within the North American Order to Cash department overseeing the day-to-day operations for the team. Dug in directly and cleaned up deductions and rebates for Big 3 manufacturers. Participated in UAT testing as the company implemented SAP S/4HANA and played a critical role during go-live. Over 20 years’ experience in AP, treasury, and AR, including credit and collections. Experience supervising teams of up to 15 employees and overseeing all AR functions, including the collection of ~$55M monthly in receivable balances. Responsible for all month-end close activities.

Systems: SAP, NetSuite, Oracle (R12 & EBS), Great Plains, Business Central, QuickBooks, Concur, Salesforce, SalesLogix, dSilo, Discovery Tools, Cognos, MS Excel

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Pik Yuen Lee, CPA: Senior Reporting & Audit Consultant (Atlanta) 

Pik Yuen is a senior accounting and SOX/ICFR consultant with 20+ years of experience across public accounting and private equity–backed and publicly traded companies—spanning IPO readiness, SEC reporting, audits, month end close, SOX compliance, and technical accounting areas including debt, stock based compensation, consolidation, and complex estimates. Since joining Vaco in 2022, she has supported clients through IPO preparation and SOX remediation, most recently serving as the primary ICFR tester for a PE backed clinical research organization, leading walkthroughs and interim and Q4 testing across Tax, Derivatives, and Consolidation cycles while partnering with management to rationalize controls and drive meaningful efficiency gains.

Pik Yuen has also led SOX reimplementation and remediation efforts for public manufacturing and retail clients, managing largescale control environments and collaborating closely with internal audit and Big Four audit teams. Earlier in her career, she served in interim Director of Reporting roles for PE backed organizations, owning consolidation, financial reporting, and private equity reporting, and brings deep hands on experience managing external audits, preparing SEC filings (Forms 10K and 10Q), supporting restatements, and streamlining close and reporting processes through automation and controls optimization. She began her career with 15 years of Big 4 external audit with PWC. 

Systems: JD Edwards, Hyperion Essbase, Workiva, Yardi, SharePoint, AuditBoard, Blackline, Advanced Excel (pivots, macros)

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Blair Hughes, CPA: Senior Audit & Corporate FP&A Consultant (Charlotte) 

Blair is a finance and internal audit consultant with experience spanning FP&A, SOX compliance, carveouts, and divestitures across private equity–backed and publicly traded companies. Since joining Vaco in 2022, he has delivered strong results supporting both FP&A and internal audit functions, most notably for a PE backed telecommunications company where he managed Board reporting, debt covenant compliance, advanced multiyear financial modeling, and revenue and margin forecasting while driving meaningful improvements in reporting clarity, automation, and data management. Blair has also supported public industrial technology companies through SOX testing during complex divestitures, partnering closely with internal audit and external auditors and materially reducing audit effort and fees through high quality testing and documentation.

Previously, he served as interim Assistant Controller during a divestiture, supporting close execution, enhancing reconciliation and close processes, and assisting with yearend audits, and has prepared carveout financial statements and technical accounting memoranda. Earlier in his career, Blair helped stand up FP&A functions for newly public companies and served in internal audit roles supporting SOX gap assessments and risk assessments at international organizations.

Systems: Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Hyperion HFM, IBM Cognos TM1, QuickBooks, EPICOR, Workday, GRC Risk & Compliance, Tableau, Power BI, Salesforce, Vena Solutions, AuditBoard, Blackline, Canvas, Advanced Excel

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