About Ethan Kahn
Ethan has close to 20 years of experience delivering audit, accounting and consulting services to a range of clients, particularly in the not-for-profit sector. He provides clear and sound advice to finance, senior management and Boards of Directors.
Ethan is an expert in helping clients overcome strategic planning challenges, as well as performing internal audits, risk assessments, ensuring compliance, assisting with mergers and acquisitions, reviewing internal control structures and preparing audit packages for the annual audit. He has a successful track record of helping clients achieve their goals in a timely and professional manner.
Ethan has completed financial statement audits, tax filings and financial consulting projects for organizations ranging from income of $50,000 to $210,000,000—including those requiring audits pursuant to OMB Circular A-133/UGG. He also has extensive experience in government funding and cost reports including in SED funding, CFR preparation and reporting and its respective rate setting methodology and compliance requirements. He has developed specific expertise in this area.
Other services include: assessing grant reimbursements, trend analysis, agency-wide budgeting, assisting with government audits, efficiency analyses, trainings (fiscal, program and board), building business models, quality control, oversight of finance departments and outsourced fiscal staff.
Ethan’s effective and timely approach has earned many trusted and loyal client relationships, and his strategic value added approach have significantly improved his clients’ operations and benefited their organizations as a whole.
Prior to joining Mazars, Ethan led his own accounting and advisory practice. He has also worked at large regional firms servicing the not-for-profit industry.
Ethan received his B.S. in Accounting from Touro College. Ethan has chaired the Tax Exempt Organizations Committee for the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) for three consecutive terms, chaired the NYSCCPA Tax Exempt Organizations conference for five consecutive years and testified before the New York State Senate – assisting them in crafting the NYS Nonprofit corporate laws. Ethan also co-authored a professional comment letter on behalf of the New York State Society for CPAs that, in corroboration with other such letters, successfully simplified the extension process country-wide for not-for-profit organizations. He is the key trainer for the Mayor’s office, the Foundation Center and has presented at many other venues such as the NYC BAR Association, HOSTOS Community College and The New York State Society for CPAs, The Staten Island Museum and many other venues. Ethan has a passion to help create a better environment for nonprofits and continues to be a thought leader in the not-for-profit sector through publication of articles in accounting journals and industry journals.