Kelly Perlman

About

Kelly provides a variety of accounting and auditing services to clients in the housing and community development, real estate, and construction industries. As the regional leader of the real estate and construction industry group for Ohio, she focuses on team development and strategic planning. She specializes in HUD financing and low-income housing tax credits and frequently work with owners, developers, and management companies. Most of her work is on large multi-entity engagements where she advises her clients on operational efficiency and improving internal controls.

Because of her technical real estate experience, she's a member of the firm’s professional standards team, which provides staff and clients with guidance and information on new and proposed financial statement reporting standards.

She loves the variety of my work and in her clients. While she primarily works in real estate, she also enjoys working with contractors in the construction industry as well as for-profit owners, developers, and management companies. One of her greatest accomplishments is the deep relationships she's built with business leaders. They appreciate that she's experienced and successful in optimizing efficiencies in testing and in meeting tight deadlines. She aims to deliver quality client service every day and have fun while doing it.

She's often asked to speak at affordable housing conferences on various tax credit and HUD topics. She's authored articles about buy-sell agreements, grants to nonprofit sponsors, and the OMB Super Circular. She belongs to the OSCPA, AICPA, NAIOP (the Commercial Real Estate Development Association), the Ohio Housing Council, and the Affordable Housing Association of CPAs, as well as the Young Professional Academy of Dublin City Schools. She received her B.B.A. from The Ohio State University.