Jay Moeller
About
Jay Moeller ‘90 grew up in St. Henry, Ohio, about 70 miles north of Oxford. He had narrowed his college selection down to three schools (all of which had great business schools). A campus visit at Miami made his choice of school easy. “It was actually a rainy day in late October, but I connected with the red brick buildings immediately. Even on an overcast, rainy day, something just felt like home.”
An undeclared business major for the first couple of years, Jay was convinced after taking ACC 321 (Intermediate Financial Accounting) that accounting was the career for him. “It just all seemed to click and it all made sense.” While at Miami, Jay participated in the Accounting Club, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, and Young Republicans Club. He served on the Interfraternity Council (IFC) for two years and served on the Greek Week Rules Committee as a junior and as Chair of the Rules Committee as a senior. He also worked as a referee for football, basketball, and softball for intramural sports.
Upon graduation, Jay joined Coopers & Lybrand in Detroit as an audit associate. A few years later, he moved to Cleveland to be with his fiancée Chris (now wife of almost 28 years and a Miami Merger), joining Price Waterhouse, where he was promoted to manager. The family moved to their current hometown, Troy, Ohio, and he took a position with Battelle & Battelle LLP in Dayton, eventually becoming a partner, leading the SEC and international practices group for a number of years and through the merger with RSM, where he remained as partner. Most of his current clients are located in Southwest Ohio (Cincinnati to Lima) in the firm’s Industrial Products Industry Segment. He also serves as the firm’s lead recruiting partner for Miami University.
“I think the thing I enjoy most about my current position is the ability to work with our younger staff members. I get to work with them as a mentor and career advisor in which I get to share some of the things I have learned over the years. As well, I get to experience the great ideas that they have on how we can improve things and/or do things differently. Plus, they keep me young. I also like that my job is never the same thing two days in a row. I’ll go from doing audit work one day to advising a client on business acquisition the next…you never know what the day will bring!”