Who we are
Deb Griese
Deb has over 30 years of combined experience, including public accounting, internal audit, corporate accounting, and contracted resource positions. These positions represent varied industries and product markets, with emphasis in the financial services sector. Summaries of these experiences are provided below.
Public Accounting: Deb began her career in a national public accounting firm and later in her career rejoined that firm for “2 tours of duty”. During these nine years, she provided audit, tax and consulting services to several industries, specializing in bank audit and consulting.
Internal Audit: Deb provided nine years of service to a large national bank, coordinating audit coverage of card product operations globally. In this capacity, Deb performed risk assessments, determined audit coverage, coordinated resources, and ensured quality of audit results. Deb also spent four years assisting companies in the financial and utilities sectors create, develop and/or expand internal audit departments.
Corporate Accounting: Deb was the Controller in two publicly traded businesses (financial and utilities sectors), the Controller in a private manufacturing business, and the Controller of a product division in a national bank. During these twelve years, Deb performed the following expanded Controller activities: company public registration, SEC reporting, special purpose entity structuring and reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, system conversions, and portfolio modeling.
Contracted Resource: Deb was an executive level resource for an international bank for five years. Deb provided personnel and project management in the areas of growth or issue resolution as needed, including credit risk, prepaid card solutions, and investment and loan portfolio management.
Deb is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Internal Auditors, and is a licensed CPA. She received a bachelor of science in business administration with an accounting major degree and a masters in business administration degree from the University of South Dakota.. In addition to the CPA designation, she is an MBA and CGMA (Chartered Global Management Accountant).
Deborah K. Griese, CPA, MBA, CGMA
Experienced in public accounting,
internal audit, and controllership
positions at varied management
levels and industries combines for
the unique perspective of
considering situations from
"all sides" and adapting thereto.
Brandon Griese
Brandon has four years of public accounting experience with a large regional firm. During this tenure, he provided audit services to businesses of all sizes including dealerships, construction and non profit clients.
Previous to his public accounting experience, Brandon gained three years of accounting experience in the insurance and construction industries.
At a Fortune 100 insurance company, Brandon performed the accounts payable, premiums invoicing, general ledger, and financial statement preparation functions for numerous subsidiaries. Additionally during this time, he was involved in creating Sarbanes-Oxley documentation of internal controls.
Brandon is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a licensed CPA. He received a bachelor of science in business administration with an accounting degree from Creighton University. During his studies, Brandon became the first person to major in four degrees in four years, majoring in Economics, Finance and Business Ethics in addition to Accounting. Brandon completed the first year of law school at the University of Miami (before deciding on a career in accounting).
Consulting and Internal Audit Reports