Kenneth O’Brien

Kenneth O’Brien is a Managing Director at FTI Consulting and is based in Roseland. Mr. O’Brien is a member of the Real Estate Solutions practice.

Mr. O’Brien has significant experience in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and income tax basis financial reporting. He manages a group that acts as the outsourced accounting department for both public and privately held real estate and real estate finance companies. Mr. O’Brien has managed financial statement conversion projects for private companies going public and has developed and managed the implementation of accounting and financial reporting systems for publicly traded mortgage real estate investment trusts (REITs). He also acts as the outsourced CFO/controller for certain clients.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. O’Brien worked at O’Reilly, Baime, Walch, Backer & Company, LLC, a certified public accounting firm that merged into The Schonbraun McCann Group, a dedicated real estate advisory firm that was acquired by FTI Consulting. He most recently served as Principal and his responsibilities included overseeing attest and non-attest services to clients of various industries.

Mr. O’Brien holds a B.S. and M.S. in Accounting from Rutgers University. He is a Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey. Mr. O’Brien is a member of both the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.