Director of Finance & Accounting
Julie Byun
312-427-8101
juliebyun@urbandebate.org
Julie Byun has served as NAUDL’s Director of Finance and Accounting since 2018, bringing over 13 years of professional experience in accounting and finance. Prior to joining NAUDL, Julie worked at leading global firms KPMG and Ernst & Young, where she specialized in audit, risk management, and tax services. She later held key finance roles in corporate accounting and finance at Magnetar Capital, a prominent hedge fund, and US Cellular, a major publicly traded telecommunications company.
Julie’s core competencies include financial and operational auditing, policy and process improvement, internal controls, and operational risk management with a focus on SOX 404 compliance. She has extensive experience in financial planning, budgeting, financial statement preparation, regulatory reporting, and managing critical financial operations. Julie is known for delivering timely and strategic financial analysis to support organizational leadership and assist executive management in advance planning and decision making.
Julie holds a dual Master’s degree in Accounting and Management Information Systems from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.