Kelly Harris, CPA - Partner
Kelly is a CPA with over 30 years of corporate and consulting business experience. She is an entrepreneurial executive, financial expert and strategist. She is an expert in finding ways to save her clients time and money through strategic planning, accounting analysis, process improvement, and talent management.
As a founding partner in Harris & Dickey, a women-owned financial professional services firm, Kelly partners with C-level executives of Fortune 1000 companies to help enhance shareholder value and achieve corporate objectives. In addition to founding Harris & Dickey, Kelly was a founder and market leader in a successful Deloitte spin-off, Resources Global Professionals (RGP) that went public in 2000. Kelly joined Deloitte to open the Dallas office of RGP and helped build a multinational-professional services firm with over 3,000 professionals around the world from 80 practice offices.
Ten years prior to founding Harris & Dickey she spent consulting with Titus, RGP, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. She was responsible for overseeing service delivery, operations, growth, business development, resource management and provided strategic direction and leadership. At Titus and Resources, Kelly was the Dallas Managing Director. The beginning of her career was spent in tax departments at ClubCorp and Donrey Media Group.
She is a graduate of Texas Woman’s University with a Bachelor in Business Administration majoring in accounting. She has been a CPA for over 30 years with expertise in corporate governance, accounting, tax, business development, talent development, and management. She is a member of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance (IECG), Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Association for Corporate Growth. She is on the Advisory Board for FENG and IECG and also has served on non-profit boards. She has been an Angel Investor, and has experience with Trinity Private Equity Group, Texas Women Ventures Fund, and Concert Golf.
Helen Dickey, CPA, CISA - Partner
Helen Dickey is an executive leader with over 40 years of experience in the consulting and banking industries serving as an internal auditor, accountant, and executive. Helen is recognized for her visionary leadership with sustained performance in high quality service delivery and client satisfaction, client relationship development and management, and team development. She has proven accomplishments in consulting and special project services in the areas of accounting, finance, internal audit, technology, and project management, in numerous and varied business environments.
Previously, Helen was an executive with Jefferson Wells, a professional services firm specializing in internal audit, finance and accounting, tax, and technology advisory services. During her tenure at Jefferson Wells, she was the Regional Vice President for the firm for five years, managing half the US with thirteen offices reporting to her and assisting with the growth of the firm from $1 million to $425 million in revenues. She was responsible for establishing the vision and direction of the firm as well as ensuring thirteen offices accomplished their strategic goals and tactical business plans. She served as the Dallas/Fort Worth Managing Director for seven years where she was responsible for all aspects of managing the office, including strategic planning, financial management, assurance of client satisfaction and service quality, and people management. Early in her career, Helen worked at Bank of America and Comerica Bank in accounting and internal audit as well as KPMG and Pricewaterhouse Coopers performing external audits.
In 2010 Helen combined forces with Kelly Harris to found Harris & Dickey, LLC, a certified woman-owned professional services firm in DFW Metroplex. Now, almost 10 years later, Harris & Dickey is a successful professional services firm known for quality, customized permanent placement and consultative services in accounting, finance, internal audit, technology, project management and special project assistance, delivering services to companies in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
Helen graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. She has been a CPA for over 35 years and a CISA for over 20 years. She has been serving on the Board of Governors for the Dallas Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors since 2004 and is currently the Chairperson of the Audit Committee for the Chapter. She is a member of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance, Institute of Internal Auditors, and Information Systems Audit and Control Association.