As chief accounting officer, Darren Graeler is responsible for managing the company’s financial and accounting operations, SEC financial reporting, and tax.

Darren previously served as the company’s senior vice president of corporate accounting from July 2018. Before joining loanDepot, between 2007 and 2018, he was a founding partner of Financial Services Advisory Partners, LLC, a business advisory and management consulting firm to the financial services industry.

Prior to Financial Services Advisory Partners, LLC, he served in various senior accounting and finance leadership roles at companies in mortgage banking, commercial banks, and specialty finance. Darren started his career in the assurance practice at KPMG, LLP, an accounting firm, where he specialized in audits of public and non-public banks, mortgage lenders, and finance companies.

Darren earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy from California State University, Long Beach. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (inactive) in the state of California.