Kelly Wessel, founder and CEO of Wessel Accounting, is a graduate of Furman University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with an Accounting concentration. She was the Director of Internal Auditing for a large healthcare system when she became a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). She has since become a Certified Identity Theft Risk Manager (CITRM), a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor (2010), and has successfully completed testing to obtain a Certificate in Forensic Accounting (CertFA).

Kelly is a qualified mediator and Board member at the Upstate Mediation Center in Greenville, SC, a volunteer for the Reach to Recovery Program of the American Cancer Society, a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Experience includes:



• Medicare/Medicaid compliance, including   settlement negotiations with Medicare

• Medicare fraud

• Physician fraud

• Employee breach of trust

• Theft by volunteers

• Compliance program implementation

• Physician compliance program design and implementation

• Assisted Greenville County School Board with planning and implementing internal audit function

• Divorce and child support financial investigation and court testimony.

Audit and consulting experience in following industries:

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• Healthcare

• Hospital (finance and operations)

• Private physician practice

• Emergency medical transport

• Construction (including building supplies)

• Water treatment

• Automotive

• Rentals dealership

• Merchant services

• For-profit post-secondary schools

• Community recreation district

• Religious organizations

• Other community-based not-for-profit