practice leadership

Michael Mello | Founder & Owner

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Michael has owned and operated MCM in Fall River, MA for nearly 40 years. During this time, he has demonstrated a passion for helping our clients navigate the complex regulatory environment and optimize their overall tax strategy. Before founding the firm, Michael began his professional career as an auditor with present day Ernst & Young, where he worked on some of Rhode Island’s largest corporate accounts, including GTECH, Providence Washington Insurance Company, Allendale Insurance Company, Old Stone Bank, and A.T. Cross Company. 

After spending many years in public accounting and earning his Certified Public Accountant license, Michael elected to serve the small and medium enterprise market in the New England area. This not only allowed him to be closer to his family, but also to be closer to his clients, which has always been central to the mission of MCM.

Michael provides oversight over the entire firm; however, his specialization is in providing strategic tax advice, as well as navigating an often complex regulatory environment. Michael has helped hundreds of our clients optimize their tax structure, minimize their overall tax liability and resolve tax distress. He is well recognized in Massachusetts and Rhode Island as an exceptional tax mind helping individuals, trusts, corporations, partnerships and non-profits with Federal and state matters. Simply put, he helps our clients sleep at night.
Over the years, Michael has found ways to give back to the local community through active involvement in various local organizations since 1983. He has volunteered his accounting and tax services to various non-profit organizations during his years in practice. In addition to coaching dozens of teams, he has served as president and treasurer of the Somerset Basketball League, treasurer of both the Swansea/Somerset Youth Soccer League and the Somerset Girls Softball League, and board member of the Somerset Senior Girls Softball League and Somerset Little League. He also serves as treasurer of Somerset Access Television, Inc., the town’s non-profit public access channel.
Michael graduated summa cum laude from Boston College with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting. As a student at BC, Michael helped his family open Rainbow Paint and Wallpaper Co., an interior décor shop in Somerset which closed its doors in 2018 after 40 successful years in business where he served as president during that time.
He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA), and the Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants (RICPA).
Michael has been married to his wife Susan for 40 years. They have three children; Christopher, Doctor Margaret Moniz and Marissa.

Chris Mello | Practice Lead, Advisory Services

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Chris, Mike’s son, is the next generation of the business. He is a Certified Public Accountant and leads MCM’s advisory services practice. Chris brings nearly 20 years of Certified Public Accounting knowledge, including 15 years of Big Four partner experience to MCM. As a partner in KPMG’s Management Consulting practice, Chris led large project teams of consultants, while architecting comprehensive finance transformation solutions leveraging the latest enabling technologies and workforce management techniques. With MCM, Chris has been able to scale these services to design and implement remunerative projects with local, regional, national and global enterprises across several industries, combing them with tax expertise that enables nearly all aspects of the accounting and finance function to be optimized.
Chris’ passion and specialization is in architecting innovative and results oriented business transformation projects for a diverse client-base ranging from large-multinationals to emerging businesses with growth aspirations.
He leads clients through multi-year, comprehensive transformational initiatives beginning with visioning, business case development and creation of a target operating model and spanning process and system design, implementation, training and benefit realization. His relevant skills include an in-depth understanding of many key business cycles, including lead-to-cash, source-to-pay, record-to-report and plan-to-act. With his background as a Certified Public Accountant, he specializes in finance and accounting operations, accounting close and consolidation, business planning and forecasting, tax, treasury, investor relations, master data management and external and management reporting. Chris also has extensive business process improvement experience and is well versed in enabling business systems including customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), master data management (MDM) and enterprise performance management (EPM) applications, as well as data and analytics technology enablers.
Chris has also found several ways to put his passions to use to give back to the community. He continues to do Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) work for underserved taxpayers, he volunteers and coaches for several youth sports leagues, and he serves as the Treasurer of the Marginal Way Preservation Fund, a non-profit organization dedicating to the beautification and preservation of coastal walkway in Ogunquit, ME.
Following in his dad’s footsteps in many ways, Chris graduated summa cum laude from Boston College earning both a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting & Operations Management, as well as a Master’s degree in Accounting. He is a Certified Public Accountant in Massachusetts and a member of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

He, his wife Allison, another accomplished CPA, and children, William, Evelyn and Henry, make their home in North Easton, MA.