The people behind Find a Good Accountant
We’re a firm built for business owners. Our team of CPAs, Enrolled Agents and client account managers plans your taxes ahead of time, answers when you reach out and explains your numbers so you can use them.
Jorden ChryssEA
Jorden started Find a Good Accountant in 2020, right after earning the Enrolled Agent license, the highest credential the IRS awards. Jorden holds a bachelor’s degree and comes from a family of entrepreneurs and grew up watching business owners get let down by their accountants.
The same problems came up again and again with traditional CPA firms: returns filed with no tax strategy behind them, slow or missing communication, tax bills that showed up as a surprise, and financial statements nobody took the time to explain. Jorden designed the firm to fix each one.
Our team
Every client works with a client account manager, backed by our tax manager and operations lead.
Jessica Collins
Jessica was the firm’s first hire, joining Jorden in 2020 when Find a Good Accountant was just getting started. Having helped build the firm from the ground up, Jessica now runs day-to-day operations as COO, overseeing the systems, workflows and client experience that keep deadlines met and questions answered quickly.
Trent SandersCPA
Trent leads the firm’s tax work. A licensed CPA, Trent brings nearly a decade of public accounting experience, most recently as a tax manager preparing more than 500 returns a year for individuals, corporations, S corporations, partnerships and nonprofits. Before that, Trent supervised an accounting and payroll team serving 30+ monthly clients. Trent focuses on tax strategy and on explaining complex tax questions in terms clients can act on, and holds a bachelor’s degree in management accounting from John Brown University.
Juan BravoCPA
Juan has more than 20 years of accounting experience in California and in Lima, Peru, and is licensed in both. Juan’s career includes statutory accounting for General Electric and financial project control on a $25 million project budget. In California, Juan has supervised financial reporting for dozens of small and mid-sized businesses and handled CDTFA sales tax matters from permits through payment plans. Juan earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting.
Kayla RoyalEA
Kayla is an IRS Enrolled Agent with a decade of tax and accounting experience. Kayla spent several years at CPA firms as a tax associate and senior tax associate, preparing individual, S corporation, partnership and trust returns and responding to IRS and state notices for clients. Kayla has also worked inside businesses as a bookkeeper and as a controller, running month-end close, financial statements and payroll. Kayla holds a BA in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from Cal State Fullerton.
Ivy Gastelum
Ivy is the firm’s payroll specialist and also manages a book of client accounts. Ivy keeps payroll accurate and on schedule for the businesses we serve, from each pay run through quarterly filings and year-end forms, and is the go-to person on the team for payroll questions.
Melanie Moreira
Melanie came to the firm after nearly three years as a junior staff accountant at a CPA firm in Palm Desert, handling bank reconciliations, accounts payable and local, state and federal tax filings. Before that, Melanie managed an office and its accounting for a manufacturer and spent several years in customer service and team leadership. Melanie holds an associate degree in Business Administration from College of the Desert.
From one Enrolled Agent to a team of seven
- Jorden opens the firm
- Jessica joins
- Juan joins
- Ivy joins
- Melanie joins
- Trent joins
- Kayla joins