Michelle Mayer, CPA, currently serves as a Senior Tax Specialist at Jump Trading LLC since September 2022. Previously, Michelle held the position of Finance Manager at BDT & Company, LLC from November 2020 to July 2022, where the focus was on providing advisory services and long-term capital to family- and founder-led businesses. Prior to that role, Michelle worked at KPMG from October 2016 to October 2020 as a Manager and Senior Associate, specializing in tax compliance and consulting for Financial Service partnerships and corporations. Michelle's early career at KPMG began with an internship in Audit and Tax in June 2015. Academically, Michelle obtained both a Master’s degree and a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, completing the master's program in 2016 and the bachelor's program in 2015.