Helping privately-held businesses maximize growth and profitability through outsourced accounting, financial leadership, and operational support — so owners can focus on what makes their company unique.
Kamyar “Kam” Karamshahi is a Certified Public Accountant with nearly two decades of financial, audit, tax, information technology, and business consulting experience. He is a co-founder of Rise Consulting Group, LLC, a San Diego-based firm providing outsourced accounting, financial, and operational support services to privately-held businesses.
Before co-founding Rise in 2016, Kam served as an audit manager at a large national public accounting firm and as financial controller of organizations in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors — including leading ERP implementations, multi-company audits, and public bond offerings exceeding $110M.
Today he leads Rise's financial operations practice, partnering with business owners to turn their back-office into a source of clarity and confidence.
“Transforming complex financial data into clear insights that help our clients make confident decisions — and seeing the positive impact on their businesses.” — Kam, on what he enjoys most about his work
Leading the premier provider of outsourced accounting, financial, and support services for privately-held businesses — delivering timely, accurate, and actionable financial information.
Partnered with the CFO and CEO of a premier Life Care community ($115M+ combined assets): ERP implementation, consolidated multi-company audits, $110M public bond offerings, and cutting financial statement preparation time nearly in half. Continued as financial consultant through 2015.
Public accounting practice later combined with J.H. Cohn LLP (now CohnReznick).
Rise provides end-to-end outsourced accounting and business support — from bookkeeping through CPA oversight — giving growing companies the benefits of a fully-staffed accounting department without the cost and overhead.
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