Summary
Ethan Smith is a results-driven senior corporate accountant with 11 years of experience across Big Four audit and corporate finance roles, currently leading accounting at S&S Activewear after senior posts at Dover and KPMG. He blends strong audit rigor with hands-on corporate accounting and financial reporting, having progressed from audit intern to senior roles that required technical accounting, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration. Based in Glendale Heights, IL, he also brings a longtime interest in software—having worked as a banking support programmer at Jack Henry and as a game developer on notable servers like Hypixel and CubeCraft—giving him a practical edge in finance systems and automation. Colleagues rely on him for meticulous, scalable controls and a knack for translating technical constraints into clean financial solutions.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Summit Senior High School
Bachelor's degree Accounting and Finance, Bachelor's degree Accounting and Finance at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English, Spanish