Chris Baker

Chris is an accounting professional and business troubleshooter with more than 20 years of financial, auditing, and operational finance experience working in rapidly changing environments with companies of various sizes. As a business owner, manager and advisor, Chris has experienced the stress and time commitment associated with managing back office accounting and administration functions. He co-founded rinehimerbaker to create durable, stress-free back office accounting solutions for owners and managers who want to achieve more.

Chris started his career at PwC as an Auditor and was quickly promoted as a top performer to Senior Auditor. He went on to command key accounting and financial leadership roles where he reengineered process and built new financial functions, supported significant growth, developed investment business cases, secured critical organizational financing and strengthened financial controls.

Chris is a licensed CPA in Indiana and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Indiana license #CP19800494 and AICPA #01660720). Chris graduated with an Honors B.S. in Accounting with High Distinction from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, Bloomington, IN. He was recognized as an Elijah Watt Sells national medalist and with the Indiana High Grade award for his CPA exam performance. Chris is a volunteer leader with the Jupiter Tequesta Athletic Association, a local youth sports organization serving over 7,000 area youth annually.