Meredith is a Director at Forvis Mazars serving dealership clients from the Irvine, California office. She has over 25 years of accounting experience, serving the automotive industry for most of her career.  Aside from traditional audit and review engagements, Meredith assists dealer groups acquire and sell stores through financial and operational due diligence and closing assistance. In addition, she has a wide variety of consulting experience including operational analysis and compliance, accounting structure and design, and internal audit services. Prior to joining Forvis Mazars, she served as CFO and corporate controller of two large automotive dealers in California. She was also Director of Accounting at a multi-state dealership group, where she helped create an efficient, centralized accounting department to improve financial reporting and reduce overhead costs. Meredith brings both direct industry knowledge and prior public accounting experience to the table, having worked for an international firm in New York early in her career.