Nicole Ross

Mrs. Nicole Ross is the CFO of Cambridge Federal and is married to Michael Ross, founder of Cambridge Federal, and a US Navy veteran. Mrs. Ross is a licensed CPA with 25 plus years of finance and accounting experience. Mrs. Ross earned her bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Maryland, College Park, and received her MBA in Marketing from Loyola University in Baltimore.

Mrs. Ross has extensive experience in working with commercial private startups and publicly traded companies, accounting operations, financial and SEC reporting, controls, and financial management systems. Throughout her career, she has been responsible for various aspects of the accounting and finance arena including accounting operations, consolidation, and financial reporting, including both internal and SEC public company financial filings. She has led and mentored accounting teams through day-to-day accounting activities, general ledger, and month-end close activities.

Related to SEC public company reporting and accounting operations, Mrs. Ross has worked extensively to ensure company compliance related to the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. She has established best practices for monthly financial close procedures, maintenance of financial records, and implemented processes and policies to ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles. Mrs. Ross has supported ERP implementations and further systems enhancements and improvements including Deltek, Workday, and Oracle.

Mrs. Ross brings experience from several industries including technology, biotechnology and pharma, and services. She has held CFO, Controller, and Director of Accountings positions, most recently as the CFO of Cambridge Federal since 2013, the Senior Director of Accounting at 2U Inc, and Controller at Osiris Therapeutics both publicly traded entities in the past three years. Mrs. Ross has worked for several government contractors and has experience with DCAA compliance and the FAR. Mrs. Ross began her career as a Big 4 auditor at Ernst & Young in Baltimore in 1990.