Patricia Fede, CPA

Patricia Fede, CPA, is a Senior Director in Marks Paneth’s Professional Standards Group, which is responsible for monitoring and upholding the firm’s quality control procedures as mandated by industry standards. In this role, she executes pre-issuance reviews of attest engagements and trains the firm’s attest teams, to ensure they maintain the most stringent levels of professionalism in their client engagements. She is skilled at researching complex accounting and auditing questions and assisting with strategic solutions.

Ms. Fede’s career and experience at both national and regional firms span more than two decades, with specialties in broker-dealer audits, employee benefit plans, real estate and nonprofit entities. She is an active member of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) and presents regularly on accounting and auditing topics as well as practical applications of new rules.

Beginning her career as an audit manager with a global accounting firm, Ms. Fede has also worked for financial services organizations in quality control, corporate reporting and internal audit. Prior to joining Marks Paneth, she was a Director in the Quality Review department of another nationally ranked Mid-Atlantic accounting firm.  She is based out of Marks Paneth’s New Jersey office.