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Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith

CPA, CGMA, MBA

Member of the Firm
Assurance & Advisory


Hagerstown, MD

301.733.5020

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Kelly is the firm’s Director of Assurance & Advisory (A&A) and serves as the chair of the firm’s A&A Committee, serves on the firm’s Management Committee and co-leads the firm’s A&A Efficiency Task Force. Kelly specializes in audits of commercial enterprises spanning a variety of industries, including manufacturing, banking and electronic payments, construction, and certain service industries, and in the audits of many nonprofit entities. When Kelly joined the firm in 2014, he brought with him over 20 years of accounting and auditing experience acquired through leadership roles in public accounting, internal auditing, and corporate accounting.

Prior to joining SEK, Kelly led audit and attestation teams for a national ‘Big 4’ accounting firm serving clients ranging from global to local. During this time, Kelly focused on financial services (financial institutions, broker-dealers, registered investment companies, venture capital, and private equity firms), manufacturing, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations. During his tenure at a large core site of a Fortune 500 multinational electronic payments corporation, he held various leadership roles. As a member of the internal audit function, he established and led the internal audit function, developed and executed internal control audits, efficiency audits, and compliance audits. When he transitioned into a corporate accounting role, he led a 30+ member accounting department, while concurrently traveling domestically and abroad (India, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil) to perform regulatory and GAAP compliance assessments, resource and structuring assessments, support major system conversions and provide accounting leadership for the launch of new product and service offerings.

His experience with external and internal audits, internal control design and implementation, and corporate accounting enable him to serve and collaborate with our clients in a variety of industries and capacities. In addition to his client responsibilities, Kelly serves on the firm's Accounting & Auditing Committee.

Quick Facts

  • Professional Memberships

    • American Institute of CPAs - Member
    • Maryland Association of CPAs - Member
    • Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs - Member
  • Community Involvement

    • Leadership Washington County – Board of Directors
    • Washington County Chamber of Commerce – Past Treasurer
    • Discovery Station at Hagerstown – Past Board of Directors

Certifications

  • Certified Public Accountant – Maryland, Pennsylvania
  • Chartered Global Management Accountant
  • AICPA International Financial Reporting Standards Certificate

Education

  • B.S. Accounting – Towson University
  • M.B.A. General Management – Loyola University Maryland

Work Highlights

  • Year joined SEK: 2014
  • Year admitted as a Member: 2017

My Industry Specialties

  • Affordable Housing
  • Financial Institutions
  • Manufacturing & Distribution
  • Nonprofits
  • Professional Service Firms
  • Real Estate
  • Retail
  • Closely-Held Businesses

My Service Specialties

  • Accounting, Auditing, & Assurance
  • Peer Reviews
  • Business Accounting & Advisory
  • Money Transfer & Exchange

Client Testimonials

  • Thanks for your hard work completing our audit in what I considered to be a very efficient fashion. The communication between SEK and our staff was also very smooth, and I felt apprised of the different steps/stages of the process at all times.

    A Hagerstown Audit Client

  • Kelly is always responsive to questions and requests for assistance - and always supportive, taking care to explain and discuss.

    A Hagerstown Tax and Audit Client

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