Jonathan Zdimal

Jonathan is a Managing Director in KPMG’s Forensic Practice based in Washington D.C. He is a Certified Public Accountant and possesses over 18 years of forensic accounting and audit-related experience. His primary areas of concentration center on enforcement matters and corporate investigations encompassing a variety of frauds – with particular emphasis in the areas of global anti-bribery & corruption (“AB&C”) and fraudulent financial reporting.

Jonathan provides global forensic accounting services to audit committees, compliance & legal officers, corporate management teams and law firms in context of: global corporate investigations, AB&C-based acquisition due diligence, third-party due diligence and reputational screening, data analytics, global risk assessments, process & control reviews, books & records reviews and related subject matter trainings. Jonathan has substantive investigation and audit-based experience across a variety of industries – including financial services, pharmaceutical, medical device, telecommunications, automotive, global manufacturing, retail, software & technology and hospitality & entertainment.

Professional and industry experience

Jonathan has significant experience leading:

• Global investigations involving alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and other local country bribery statutes for a variety of public and private global organizations with operations spanning the South American, European, Middle Eastern, African, Russian and Asian markets – including matters brought before the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, U.S. Department of Justice, U.K. Serious Fraud Office and the World Bank.
• Financial reporting investigations across a variety of alleged improprieties in the areas of bill-and-hold transactions, channel stuffing, multiple element contracts, percentage of completion contracts, SaaS accounting, option granting practices and a variety of expense-related manipulations – including matters brought before the U.S. regulators.
• Pre-and-post acquisition due diligence focusing on AB&C and export-related risk factors across a variety of sectors, including diversified industrials, life sciences, energy and infrastructure.
• Compliance-based initiatives including AB&C-related country risk assessments, books & records reviews, distributor reviews, third-party reputational screening and internal control assessments.
• Jonathan is a contributor to subject matter-related webcasts, published articles, panel discussions and trainings.