Michele Meadows

Advisory services professional with over 24 years of experience providing technical accounting and reporting advice to a multinational companies registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and law firms.

Leads KPMG’s national service line focused on Restatement Services and is a member of KPMG’s Revenue Recognition Network, focused on addressing transition and implementation matters associated with the new revenue recognition standard (ASU 2014-09).

Has lead numerous complex financial statement restatements and has advised legal counsel, audit committees and executive management on technical accounting matters in the context of both restatements and internal investigations.

Frequently provides assistance to legal counsel, audit committees and executive management in responding to inquiries from, or communications with, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance and the Division of Enforcement regarding compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC rules and regulations.

Consults on structuring complex transactions and the application of U.S. GAAP accounting principles, with a focus on revenue recognition, business combination matters, consolidations and equity method accounting, including joint venture formations, and stock-based compensation arrangements.

Specialties: Revenue recognition; Financial statement restatements; large-scale implementations of new accounting standards; accounting for complex business combinations; financial statement carve-outs; post-acquisition earn-out calculations; U.S. GAAP/IFRS conversions.