Michele Meadows
Partner, Accounting Advisory Services
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.