Kelley Kortman serves as a Managing Director in DLA’s Governance, Risk & Controls group, based in New York City. With over 25 years of experience in accounting and reporting, primarily for large cap publicly traded financial services companies. Kelley’s experience includes accounting for complex financial instruments, including mortgages, mortgage-backed securities, derivatives and other complicated financing arrangements. Kelley also has experience as a technical accounting specialist, responsible for helping his company adopt several accounting standards for financial companies during his career, including accounting for credit losses, derivatives, and other standards issued by regulators as a result of the financial crisis.

Prior to DLA, Kelley was the Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer with Chimera Investment Corp, where he focused on SEC reporting, including certifying financial statements in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley guidelines. Kelley joined Chimera in 2013 when the Company had, prior to Kelley’s arrival, accumulated five material weaknesses and multiple financial reporting errors. Kelley spent his time at Chimera updating the processes and systems to remediate the deficiencies and building a strong financial accounting and reporting environment that was controlled, sustainable, efficient and scalable. Prior to Chimera, Kelley spent five years as a Director of Technical accounting for MBIA Insurance Corporation working with regulators to shape accounting policy in the industry, including helping the MBIA adopt recently issued accounting standards. Kelley also spent almost ten years in public accounting, most recently with PwC working on large multi-national insurance companies.

Prior Work Experience

• • Chimera Investment Corp

  • MBIA Insurance Corp

  • PwC

  • Genworth Financial

  • EY

Education, Certifications & Affiliations

• • M.S. in Accounting, University of Utah
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Office Contact Information

Address: 295 Madison Ave., Suite 1801, New York, NY 10017

Office: (973) 575-1565

Fax: (973) 575-1615