Jim Traeger

Jim is an Audit & Assurance partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP, based in Houston, TX. He serves as our central region governance, risk, and controls (GRC) leader within our Accounting and Reporting Advisory business. Jim has more than 26 years of experience with a particular focus on the oilfield services, manufacturing, and retail sectors and has served a wide range of publicly traded and private companies. He has extensive experience providing external audit and advisory services, including U.S. GAAP and industry-specific oversight, SEC financial reporting, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) internal control readiness and attestation services to a variety of companies. He has led his clients through such challenges as mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, impairments, and recapitalization efforts. Over the course of Jim's career, he has served some of the firm’s largest and most complex multi-national clients as well as small and mid-market and start-up private entities.

Jim holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from California State University in Fresno, CA. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Texas.