Melissa joined Johnson & Johnson in 2020 and currently serves as the Vice President of the Global Technical Accounting Advisory Services and Policy team. In her role, Melissa is responsible for developing and maintaining Johnson & Johnson’s accounting policies and implementing new accounting standards. Her team provides regular training to the global finance organization and advises on technical accounting and reporting matters according to US GAAP. She also leads accounting compliance for business transactions that Johnson & Johnson enters in the areas of acquisitions, divestitures and separations, licensing arrangements and other similar types of transactions. Given the recent regulatory focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting, Melissa also plays a key leadership role in shaping and preparing future ESG reporting for the company to ensure compliance with upcoming regulatory requirements.
Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Melissa spent eighteen years in public accounting working at EY in various roles. She spent eleven years in Houston auditing several large multinational companies in various industries and then moved to New York and completed a three-year rotation with EY’s National Accounting Office. Melissa then spent four years providing accounting advisory services to various companies.
Melissa is a CPA and graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Accounting.
