Co-Founder & Managing Director · Rise Consulting Group

Kam Karamshahi

Certified Public Accountant · San Diego, California

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.

Kam Karamshahi, CPA
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About

Two decades of financial leadership, from national audit practice to co-founding Rise.

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

Credentials

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • M.S. Accounting — University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • B.S. Accounting — University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • ~20 years across audit, tax, CFO & consulting
  • Co-Founder & Managing Director, Rise Consulting Group (2016)
Experience

Career timeline

Feb 2016 — Present

Co-Founder & Managing Director

San Diego, California

Leading the premier provider of outsourced accounting, financial, and support services for privately-held businesses — delivering timely, accurate, and actionable financial information.

Jun 2015 — Feb 2016

Controller, Finance

EquityKey / Centara Capital
San Diego County, California
Dec 2012 — Dec 2015

Financial Controller / Corporate Compliance Officer

Seabury
Bloomfield, Connecticut

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.

Nov 2011 — Nov 2012

Manager, Audit

CohnReznick (formerly J.H. Cohn LLP)
Connecticut
Aug 2006 — Oct 2011

Supervisor

Kostin, Ruffkess & Company, LLC
Connecticut

Public accounting practice later combined with J.H. Cohn LLP (now CohnReznick).

Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst

M.S. Accounting · B.S. Accounting
Rise Consulting Group

Your back office, handled.

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.

Outsourced Accounting
Advisory Services
Tax & Audit Assistance
Human Resource Support
Compliance Support
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11545 West Bernardo Court, Suite 201, San Diego, CA 92127
(858) 683-6000 · support@risecg.com
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