Meet Karen Furstenberg, CPA

An expert in advisory services – finance, operations, audit, and regulatory compliance, Karen Furstenberg leverages over 30 years of Big 4 public accounting and industry experience, helping organizations advance strategic objectives. She has developed strategy and led international expansions, acquisition integration, greenfield market growth, and risk management in highly regulated and dynamic global markets. Karen understands what it takes to navigate complex and fluid regulatory environments in the U.S. and abroad, having diverse industry experience and advised Fortune 500 corporations throughout their footprint. She was a client – and she understands well how to translate client needs to service success. 

Leveraging her experience in the profession, Karen has:

• Launched, operated, and developed a global advisory practice adding over 200 new clients to the firm.
• Served as a Global Managing Partner for a Top 15 firm
• Served as Managing Partner at Ernst and Young in the national healthcare industry and market leader
• Serves as a Practice Management Consultant and Leadership Coach to firms/Managing Partners, Industry leaders, and emerging leaders
• Led Global Advisory Practice to expand the firm to multiple global markets and services
• Led team to the resolution of corporate integrity agreement plan, M&A integration, and corporate governance strategy
• Strategy implementation and deployment of global risk, finance, and governance operations in Financial institutions, FTSE, and Fortune 1000
• International Board experience as Director of Compliance and Risk
• Built top-performing teams through innovative recruitment and retention strategies to create and maintain diverse and inclusive workforces
• Led highly profitable, international advisory P&L
• Fortune 500 Leader as Senior Vice President, Ethics, Audit, and Compliance, reporting to CEO and Board of Directors
• Served on multiple not-for-profit Boards

Now she’s putting that experience to work for you.

As a strategic advisor to CPA and professional services firms, Karen helps organizations prepare for the future by coaching and developing partner-level leaders, building scalable structures, and crafting leading-edge strategic plans with guidance and support.

A highly dynamic leader and innovator, she takes time to understand each firm’s unique position and strengths in the market to develop a customized action plan that will drive long-term value, diversify services, and enable strong foundational growth.