Matt Ellis

Senior Director
Matt Ellis
HOME BASE
Dallas
BEFORE ACCORDION
  • Aligned Data Centers (Macquarie)

  • ORIX Capital

  • PwC

ALMA MATER
  • Baylor University, Master of Accountancy

  • Baylor University, B.B.A.

HOME BASE
Dallas
BEFORE ACCORDION
  • Aligned Data Centers (Macquarie)

  • ORIX Capital

  • PwC

ALMA MATER
  • Baylor University, Master of Accountancy

  • Baylor University, B.B.A.

Matt is a Senior Director in Accordion’s Strategic FP&A Practice with over a decade of experience in corporate finance, Direct Investing, M&A, Integration / Divestiture Management, and Office of CFO. He has worked across a range of industries, including financial services, real estate, infrastructure, industrials, healthcare, and business services.

With Accordion, Matt specializes in Strategic FP&A and Transformation, providing leadership and execution support. He has led multiple engagements where his teams developed driver-based P&L forecasts, 3-statement models, corporate allocations, lender and board reporting packages, and supported public company disclosures. Additionally, Matt provides thought leadership and assessments on systems, processes and organizational design – helping clients execute value creation initiatives and transform their businesses.

Prior to joining Accordion, Matt spent over a decade in the middle-market space investing in, operating, and financing various private capital platforms.

At Aligned Data Centers, a Macquarie Infrastructure portfolio company, Matt served as Vice President of Finance, where he directed and optimized mission-critical FP&A work streams. Additionally, he partnered with the executive team to underwrite multi-million-dollar site acquisitions, raise capital, and execute transformation initiatives.

At ORIX, a multi-strategy RIA, Matt was a Director in the Merchant Banking Division, where he underwrote and executed private capital investments across the capital stack. He also sat within the Office of the CFO, supporting portfolio value creation, quantitative underwriting process redesign, and third-party capital fundraising. Matt completed an investment banking training co-op program at Houlihan Lokey, a former ORIX subsidiary, and helped execute ORIX’s IPO of Houlihan Lokey (NYSE: HLI) in 2015.

Matt began his career at PwC as a management consultant focused on finance strategy, operations, and merger integration / divestiture management for financial sponsors and strategic buyers.

Matt graduated with honors from Baylor University with a B.B.A. and Master of Accountancy. Matt is a CFA charter holder and CPA.

Something you should know
  • Enjoys traveling to Caribbean with his wife, son, and daughter
  • Avid scuba diver and “beer league” hockey player
  • Volunteer youth football and hockey coach (son’s teams)
    Noteworthy
    • Transacted ~$15B across eight M&A deals and over fifteen capital markets transactions
    • Member of CFA Society of Dallas - Ft. Worth and Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (CPA)
    • Baylor University, Honors College Scholarship Recipient