As senior vice president and chief accounting officer, Thomas R. Ertel manages a broad range of accounting functions for Strada, including assisting the chief financial officer in a wide variety of activities, purchase accounting and coordination and integration of accounting functions related to reorganizations and acquisitions, internal control assessment and monitoring, complex accounting matters, and shared service accounting support for certain affiliates.
Ertel joined Strada as senior vice president and chief accounting officer in 2017, bringing experience advising audit committees and C-suite executives on global corporate governance and financial matters.
His experience includes mergers and acquisitions accounting and related due diligence, complex accounting and tax-related matters, valuation issues, internal control evaluation, and accounting personnel and integration assessment. Ertel also has an extensive background in coordinating various experts to ensure efficient and thorough acquisitions.
Ertel spent 15 years with Ernst & Young in Indianapolis, serving as assurance partner and lead client service partner. Previously, he worked at the Arthur Andersen Indianapolis office for 25 years, starting after graduating from Ball State University and becoming a partner with the company at age 32.
He is a member of Ball State’s Miller College of Business Hall of Fame. A certified public accountant, he also has taken Master of Business Administration degree courses at the Center for Professional Development and at INSEAD (School of the World) in Fontainebleau, France.