Rachel provides assistance to audit teams on a variety of technical accounting and auditing matters. Rachel has experience auditing both public and private financial service companies including commercial banks, mortgage companies, REITs and broker/dealers.

Prior to her current role with Grant Thornton, Rachel spent two years as a Professional Accounting Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). While there, Rachel represented the Office of the Chief Accountant within the OCC and to external parties such as FASB and the SEC on a number of matters, as well as at a variety of speaking engagements and expert panels throughout the southern United States. Rachel also participated in multiple interagency working groups related to new accounting standards and accounting and reporting implications of tax reform.

Before joining the OCC, Rachel was an audit manager with the Firm in their Charlotte, North Carolina office.

Rachel began her career at a de novo community bank in Durham, North Carolina in the accounting and finance department. During that time, she was responsible for all aspects of accounting and both internal and external financial reporting.