About Kenneth
Kenneth O'Brien manages the Investment Administration and Reporting group that acts as the outsourced accounting department and financial reporting advisor for both public and privately held real estate and real estate finance companies. He also oversees fund administration services to real estate opportunity funds..
Mr. O'Brien has significant experience in the application of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and regulations and generally accepted accounting principles, including the investment company guide. In addition, he is well versed in income tax basis financial reporting. Mr. O'Brien has more than 25 years of industry experience.
Mr. O'Brien has managed financial statement conversion projects for private companies going through the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process, has developed and managed the implementation of accounting and financial reporting systems for publicly traded mortgage real estate investment trusts, real estate equity trusts and real estate investment funds. He oversees the ongoing financial reporting for several publicly traded MREITs and private debt funds.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. O'Brien worked at O'Reilly, Baime, Walch, Backer & Company, LLC, a certified public accounting firm that merged into The Schonbraun McCann Group, a dedicated real estate advisory firm that was acquired by FTI Consulting. He most recently served as Principal and his responsibilities included overseeing attest and non-attest services, including buy side property due diligence, cash flow modeling and federal and state business tax compliance and advisory services to clients in many industries.
Certifications
Certified Public Accountant (CPA), New Jersey
Associations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit)
New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA)
Education
B.S., Accounting, Rutgers University
M.S., Accounting, Rutgers University
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Contact
T: +1 973 852 8144
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Office
56 Livingston Avenue
Suite 400
Roseland, NJ 07068
United States
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Expertise
Accounting Advisory
Corporate Finance
Tax
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Industries