Aimee is a Partner at Sassetti LLC, and brings nearly 20 years of experience to the firm. She originally started her career at Deloitte, and later transitioned to corporate accounting with a large public company. She works closely with non-for-profit organizations, including those with Yellow Book and single audit requirements. She also works extensively with employee benefit plans. Aimee also has experience with privately held companies specifically telecommunications. Aimee assists clients with assurance related matters including reviewing or compiling financial reporting to provide a unique insight for operations refinement. Aimee lives in Lemont with her husband, two kids, two dogs and bearded dragon. She spends her weekends cheering on her kids’ sports teams and coming up with new things to make with her Cricut.
Phone: (708) 386-1433 x138
Direct: (708) 406-8614
It is the same with people as it is with riding a bike. Only when moving can one comfortably maintain one’s balance” – Albert Einstein… or maybe Dory said it best – “Just keep swimming”
Associations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Illinois CPA Society, Illinois CPAS Employee Benefit Committee and Conference Planning Committee
Education
BS in Accountancy from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign; MAS from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Community
Chicago Finance Exchange, Board Member; Former Treasurer of the Lemont Junior Woman’s Club
Hobbies
Cheering on my kids’ sporting events, traveling to warm locations, reading (especially thrillers/mysteries and historical fiction)
Q&A
Make a prediction about your industry or the clients you serve.
Change is inevitable, and if the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that you have to plan for the worst and hope for the best! Disruption, particularly amongst the nonprofit industry is not going away, and figuring out how to leverage your position both with government granters as well as donors is critical. The shrinking pool of talent while employment costs rise will likely also impact nonprofits disproportionally and may lead to additional consolidation within the industry, as well as more reliance on outsourcing, even positions outside of accounting and finance.
What is it about Accounting that attracted you to the field?
What drew me to accounting (and keeps me in accounting), particularly auditing, is that two days are never the same! There is always something new or challenging that our clients have done, new research to take in, new people to meet. It’s never boring!
What drew you to Sassetti?
After spending several years auditing for a “Big 4” firm, what drew me to Sassetti is that work/life balance is not just a catch phrase that is thrown around. It’s part of the culture and fabric of how we do things.
Describe your work style.
Type A+ – Detailed, hardworking and accurate. I expect a high standard from myself as well as the people I work with
What is your greatest accomplishment?
Realizing and accepting (most days) that it’s not possible to be totally balanced. Somedays I have to wear the partner hat more than the mom hat, and somedays it’s the opposite, and that’s ok.
