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Matthew Cordell is a Director in J.S. Held’s Global Investigations Practice, specializing in investigative data analytics, and has nearly a decade of experience. Mr. Cordell helps analyze structured and unstructured data, emphasizing analyzing accounting and financial information systems.
Mr. Cordell has worked on numerous engagements focusing on identifying potential fraud, noncompliance issues, and remediation efforts. As part of a potential Accounts Receivable scheme, Mr. Cordell formed the recalculation process for a large healthcare firm to derive accurate receivable balances per customer using millions of records from both unstructured and structured data sources. As part of a self-reported FINRA violation, Mr. Cordell designed and implemented the remediation model for a large multinational bank to remediate over $10M to potentially harmed investors. Other work includes modeling, statistical analysis, cryptocurrency tracing, programming custom AML tools, and implementing finance software in financial services, technology, industrials, life sciences, retail, and more. His clients include law firms and Fortune 500 multinational companies.
Mr. Cordell has co-authored several topics, including leveraging technology and AI in forensic investigations and the advantages of viewing fraud from a behavioral framework to improve fraud prevention processes.
Mr. Cordell is an active Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner. He holds a Master of Science in Accounting from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Stern School of Business.
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