George Sarianos is a tenacious financial professional with over 10 years of accounting and finance experience. As a senior manager with the Pine Hill Group, George provides accounting advisory services.
His previous experience in accounting and financial reporting with KPMG LLP and the Vanguard Group Inc. allows George to take on the accounting so his clients can focus on growing their businesses.
Whether there is a need for assistance on a discrete accounting project or a longer-term interim staffing solution, George Sarianos and the Pine Hill Group offer a comprehensive array of services with an expertise very few firms can offer.
Call George Sarianos at 215-558-2911 or email gsarianos@thepinehillgroup.com.
Specialties:
• Application of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
• Internal Auditing and Risk Assessments
Senior Manager @ Accounting advisory services provided to private equity/venture capital firms, investment banks, lenders, public/private companies, corporate acquirers and accounting firms.
-Interim financial reporting services (Chief Accounting Officer/Director of Financial Reporting)
-GAAP compliance & financial reporting
-SEC compliance & reporting
-GAAP implementation
-IPO readiness
-Audit coordination, support and pre-audit preparation
-Accounting services
Other services the Pine Hill Group also offers include:
- Transaction Advisory
- Post-Closing Integration
- Tax Provision
- Interim Leadership and Management
- SOX Compliance
- Risk Advisory
- Operations and Technology
- Valuation From April 2015 to Present (9 months) Greater Philadelphia AreaPartner @ Distressed residential real estate investing in the Philadelphia region. Assist home owners in buying their distressed assets in a quick and efficient manner. This includes:
- Vacant properties,
- Properties with out of state property owners,
- Bank owned real estate (REO) and
- Estates.
Manage the construction/renovation of properties by coordinating efforts between contractors, inspectors, engineers and real estate agents. Properties are renovated to today's standards including redesigned open floor plan concepts, granite countertops, hardwood flooring, ceramic tiling and recessed lighting. From July 2014 to April 2015 (10 months) Manager - Internal Audit @ Operational audits within the investment management process as well as centralized corporate functions. From October 2012 to July 2014 (1 year 10 months) Manager - Audit @ Assurance services management including audits, reviews and agreed upon procedures for both US and foreign based companies (public and private) within the consumer and industrial products industry.
Highlights include:
- Financial statement audit in connection with an $125 million Initial Public Offering (IPO) for a Philadelphia based Specialty Retailer (including comfort letter attest procedures)
- Balance sheet audit for an Alaska based environmental remediation company acquisition
- Part of IDEA (CAAT tool) superuser network involving answering functionality questions as well as preparing and delivering inner office presentations/trainings From July 2011 to September 2012 (1 year 3 months) Greater Philadelphia AreaSenior Associate - Audit @ Assurance services supervision and execution including audits, reviews and agreed upon procedures for both US and foreign based companies (public and private) within the consumer and industrial products industry.
Highlights include:
- Comfort letter attest procedures in connection with an $250 million additional public offering for a New Jersey based technology company (in connection with the financial statement audit)
- Rotation through KPMG's Economic and Valuation Services group. Involved in valuations of both tangible and intangible assets (completing/reviewing discounted cash flow models (DCF) and weighted average cost of capital (WACC) calculations)
- Part of IDEA (CAAT tool) superuser network involving answering functionality questions as well as preparing and delivering inner office presentations/trainings From July 2008 to June 2011 (3 years) Greater Philadelphia AreaAssociate - Audit @ Assurance services execution including audits, reviews and agreed upon procedures for both US and foreign based companies (public and private) within the consumer and industrial products industry.
Highlights include:
- $8.3 billion going private transaction (buy out) financial statement audit involvement for Philadelphia based food service company From July 2006 to June 2008 (2 years) Greater Philadelphia AreaJunior Accountant @ Accounting services including bookkeeping, tax (corporate and individual) and general accounting for small businesses within the retail, distribution and hospitality industries. From 2002 to 2006 (4 years)
Bachelor's Degree, Accounting @ La Salle University - School of Business Administration From 2004 to 2006 Associates, Accounting @ Montgomery County Community College From 2001 to 2004 George Sarianos is skilled in: Financial Reporting, Accounting, SEC filings, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Auditing, Internal Controls, Tax, US GAAP, CPA, Assurance, Internal Audit, Financial Modeling, GAAP, Valuation, Corporate Tax
Websites:
http://www.thepinehillgroup.com/PHGservices.html