Professional Overview

Rachel leads the Elliott Davis Accounting Advisory Services practice: a team that provides outsourced accounting services and strategic financial advisory consulting. Drawing on 18 years of finance and accounting experience in both the public and private sectors, Rachel specializes in GAAP-based accounting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and CFO-level consulting.

Prior to joining Elliott Davis, Rachel held both corporate controller and senior finance positions for middle-market and high-growth companies across a variety of industries. Rachel’s extensive experience in inventory costing, management, and margin analysis allows her to assist customers in increasing efficiency and accuracy of management reporting, enabling a shift in focus to financial planning and analysis. Rachel is a strategic leader for E-commerce and Direct to Consumer companies, providing CFO-level strategic insight. She has demonstrated success in developing scalable processes that maximize a customer’s visibility into profitability by sales channel to drive margin improvement and EBITDA growth.

Education, Credentials, and Special Training

• Certified Public Accountant, licensed in Virginia and South Carolina
• BS, Accounting, James Madison University

Professional Affiliations

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• South Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants

Civic and Community Activities

• Past Board Member, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Richmond & Tri-Cities