Will Richards, CPA
As Founding Father and President of his fraternity chapter during undergrad at UCLA, Will was always drawn to the challenges of entrepreneurship and business. After five years in public accounting with Grant Thornton, Will chose to pursue a more entrepreneurial environment as a consultant before founding WJR Partners in 2020. Fast forward, Will brings almost a decade of experience in client services helping businesses achieve their accounting and finance objectives.
Will has served a variety of clients and industries with a focus on technical accounting support and internal audit services. His experience ranges from executive leadership in outsourced CFO/Controller positions to targeted, accounting guidance such as cash-to-accrual conversions and ASC guidance adoption. Throughout his experience, he has worked with many of the major audit firms while assisting client with their accounting and internal control (SOX) compliance requirements.
Additionally, Will serves as the CFO of High Rapid Networks, a fast-growing ISP based in Colorado and Board Member of a business management firm focused on the development of new and growing enterprises.
Will received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics and a Minor in Accounting from UCLA and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of California.
Tony Guan, CPA
As first generation Chinese immigrants, Tony's parents had to start businesses to become successful in the United States. Tony aspired to follow his parent's footsteps to become an entrepreneur but wasn't sure what business or career path he wanted to do. Growing up, he mowed lawns for neighbors, sold candy through the neighborhood and worked at a recycling facility as a young adult.
Tony attended UC Irvine and worked at Grant Thornton LLP, one of the world's leading accounting and advisory firms. Through his time at Grant Thornton, he realized accounting is very challenging - for all businesses, big or small. In fact, smaller businesses (like his parent's) often don't have the resources to pay a large accounting firm. Tony saw this as an opportunity and joined Will at WJR in 2020 - and hasn't looked back.
When Tony isn't "accounting", he enjoys traveling with his wife, watching the NBA, NFL and Formula 1. Tony is also fascinated with Crypto and the future in technology. Lastly, Tony is also an avid CrossFitter - he's always down to do a WOD together!
Tony specializes in Data Analytics, Internal Controls, Process Improvement and accounting support. Tony is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California and is a member of the Asian Business Association and ACE Next Gen. Tony is also conversationally fluent in Mandarin.
David Suh, CPA
David has over 6 years of experience on SOX Compliance and business process improvement initiatives, specifically in the manufacturing, retail consumer products, and financial services industry.
Prior to joining WJR, David worked at Ernst & Young (EY) LLP and Grant Thornton LLP. David was an Assurance professional at Ernst & Young for over 2 years with experience in real estate, retail consumer products, and life sciences. David is skilled in financial statement reviews and annual financial statement audits for SEC-registered companies in conformance with GAAP. David has technical accounting knowledge and experience related to IPOs, registration statements, 10-Qs, 10-Ks, S-1s, business combinations, SOX 404 implementation, and audits of ICFR.
David received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics and a Master’s in Accounting from the University of California, Irvine. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of California.
Nikki Nguyen
Nikki has over 6 years’ experience in running payroll, handling the accounting books and generating weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reports. She also has over 4 years’ experience in human resources management with a primary focus in auditing employee W2, pay stubs, benefits, and 401k.
Prior to starting WJR Partners, Nikki worked at Kei Concepts, one of the largest restaurant management group in Orange County, CA.
Nikki provides technical accounting support for clients related to the implementation and adoption of ASC 842, Lease Accounting, Deferred Lease, and Embedded Lease Search. Relevant experiences include observing, inspecting, and evaluating client’s financial reports under SOX 404B Compliance.
Nikki received a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management from California State University of Long Beach. She is currently pursuing her Master of Business Administration at California State University of Long Beach.
Joe Parker, CISA
Need IT support? Or compliance with Banking regulations? Joe Parker can do it all. Prior to joining WJR, Joe was a Senior Manager in Grant Thornton’s Financial Advisory Services practice. He provided Risk Management, Audit and Consulting services to companies in the Financial Services industry, including: Fortune 100 and Regional Commercial Banks, Credit Unions, Investment Companies, as well as emerging Financial Technology Companies such as Payment Processors and Crypto Currency Trusts. Joe's focus areas includes, but is not limited to:
-End to End execution of Internal Audit – Risk Assessment, Audit Plan Design and Execution, Issue Tracking and Reporting
-Commercial Credit Quality Assessments / AQR Validation
-External Financial Statement Audit
-SOX/FDICIA IA and IT Compliance Program Design and Testing
-IT Risk and Controls / Information Security and Privacy Assessments
-Commercial Bank Model Validation
-Federal Examiner ROE Remediation Validation Testing
-VBA / SQL Programming
Joe graduated with honors from California State Polytechnic University – Pomona with dual degrees - B.S. Accounting and B.S. Finance Real Estate and Law (Finance Concentration).
During his free time, he enjoys spending time with his Golden Retriever and driving his Mustang.
Oscar Rodriguez
Oscar has over 15 years of experience in accounting and FP&A functions serving a variety of industries including financial services, energy sector and technology.
Over the past 15 years, Oscar has worked in publicly listed companies and private companies in functions, which include SEC Reporting, Technical accounting and FP&A modeling for highly acquisitive Companies. In addition, Oscar has collaborated with C-Suite to develop Management reporting.
Prior to joining WJR, Oscar was with publicly listed Financial Services and Energy Companies. In addition to Private Technology and SAAS companies primarily working on: M&A, stock-based compensation, general accounting, ERP implementation, financial reporting implementation, fresh-start accounting and push-down accounting.
Oscar received a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the California State University, Long Beach
Dexter Jumamoy, CPA
Dexter has over 20 years of experience in performing and advising clients in finance and accounting matters, audit, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) and business process improvement.
Over the past 20 years, Dexter have worked in top-tier public accounting firms, publicly listed companies, and private-equity backed private companies in various capacities that include amongst other, financial statement preparation, IPO readiness, SOX implementation and ongoing compliance, business transformation, financial due diligence, merger integrations, resolution of complex financial reporting issues, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), and process design, implementation and improvement.
Prior to joining WJR, Dexter was with BDO and Moss Adams primarily working on consulting and internal audit engagements.
Dexter received a Bachelor’s degree in in Accounting from the California State University-Long beach He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of California.
Raúl Camacho
Raúl is a results-driven accounting professional with over 19 years of experience in both the public and private accounting arena offering expertise in full spectrum of business operations.
Raúl is a technical subject matter expert in GAAP; SEC reporting and XBRL tagging, technical accounting for Derivatives, Stock-based Compensation, Payroll & Benefits, Debt & Interest, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, G&A Accruals & Allocations, Intercompany Billings and Eliminations and Business Combinations.
Prior to joining WJR, Raúl worked as a Controller / Assistant Controller for upstream privately held companies in the Oil & Gas industries. He also spent four years working at PwC as an Assurance professional focusing on large privately held companies.
Raúl graduated from the University of Southern California with dual degrees – B.S. Accounting and B.S. Business Administration.
Peter Yi, CISA
Peter is a versatile IT auditor and risk management consultant with over 20 years of experience. His background includes assurance and advisory roles with PwC and Grant Thornton, across diverse industries, including financial services, technology and media, commercial and industrial products, healthcare, and not-for-profit.
His expertise extends beyond IT audit and controls testing, he brings experience leading projects in areas of enterprise risk management, M&A buy-side diligence and separation/acquisition PMO, system implementations and product engineering assurance, and delivering digital transformation (such as GRC or ERP rollouts). In addition to his advisory experience, Peter's role in financial statement audits and knowledge working with the PCAOB have provided his clients opportunities to navigate regulatory issues more efficiently, and effectively. His experience includes issuing and remediating material weaknesses and deficiencies, and thus he’s able to help his clients and teams navigate address compliance documentation and communication requirements.