Karen Brooks
Partner, EY
- Role
- Partner, Financial Accounting Advisory Services at EY
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Karen Brooks
Senior finance executive with over 25 years of business experience, serving a variety of industries ranging from small start-ups to large, public and multi-national companies including clients in private equity, utilities, energy, health care, life sciences, telecommunication, manufacturing and financial services industries.Leader of large multi-faceted finance and accounting projects assisting clients in the accounting and reporting of various transactions including M&A, divestitures/spins, capital market transactions (IPO and MLPs), public and private debt. Leader of finance transformations. Extensive knowledge of SEC filing requirements for S-1, S-3, S-4, 8-K, Form 10, pro forma requirements and purchase accounting as well as US GAAP/IFRS technical matters related to asset retirement obligations, fair valuation, goodwill and impairment related issues, acquisition and divestiture accounting, leasing, financial instruments and revenue recognition. Assist clients with transactions, finance optimization and financial/accounting related matters.
Experience
Partner, Financial Accounting Advisory Services
Jul 2011 — Present
Partner in Americas Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) assisting companies with complex accounting issues including- Initial public offerings (IPO), including IPOs for Emerging Growth Companies and MLPs- SEC reporting considerations, including pro forma adjustments- Adoption of Sarbanes-Oxley reporting requirements- Implementation of new accounting standards- US GAAP and IFRS technical matters
Education
Texas A&M University
Master's degree, Accounting
1992 — 1996
Skills
- Consolidation
- Us Gaap
- Assurance
- Mergers
- Sec Filings
- Tax
- Private Equity
- Financial Accounting
- Audit
- Financial Instruments
- Asset Management
- Ifrs
- Cpa
- Sox 404
- Financial Services
- Financial Statements
- Business Advisory
- Sarbanes-Oxley
- Financial Audits
- Internal Controls
- Finance
- Investment Valuation
- Gaap
- General Ledger
- Internal Audit
- Transaction Advisory Services
- Accounting
- Financial Reporting
- Revenue Recognition
- Big 4
- Due Diligence
- Ipo
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Sec Financial Reporting
- Mergers
- External Audit
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