Elizabeth A. Parisi, MST - Staff Accountant

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501 Valleybrook Road
Suite 210
McMurray, PA 15317

Tel: 724.941.1750, x3
Fax: 724.941.1789

Email: eparisi@cottrillarbutina.com
Web: www.cottrillarbutina.com

Elizabeth A. "Beth" Parisi is a staff accountant and auditor with the Peters Township office of Cottrill, Arbutina Professional Services. Her 15 years of experience as a business owner, chief financial officer and internal government auditor give her insights into the pressures that impact the firm's clients on a daily basis.

Ms. Parisi is a member of the firm's Audit Group which provides audit and management consulting to a variety of governmental, not-for-profit and financial institutions, as well as privately held businesses. Clients include a number of the top credit unions in the Pittsburgh region as ranked by asset size in the Pittsburgh Business Times, as well as more than two-thirds of the public school districts in Beaver County.

Prior to joining Cottrill, Arbutina, Ms. Parisi was owner and CFO for Good Wood Grill, a Bridgeville fine dining restaurant that employed a staff of 20. In this role, she managed all operations, including inventory ordering and cost control for food and beverages, managing relationships with vendors, directing special events, developing marketing materials, preparing monthly financial statements as well as overseeing payroll and tax returns.

From 1998 to 2001, Ms. Parisi was a senior tax accountant with a large CPA firm based in Pittsburgh. Her responsibilities included consultation with clients and applying tax statues and regulations to their specific situations. She also prepared income tax returns for tax exempt organizations, S-corporations, partnerships and individuals.

Ms. Parisi obtained valuable financial industry insights in the mid-1990s as a fund tax accountant for Federated Investors in Pittsburgh. Her duties ranged from preparing tax returns for regulated investment companies and corporate entities in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York. On a monthly basis, she performed diversification tests to verify that mutual funds qualified as regulated investment companies under the Internal Revenue Service Code.

She began her career as an auditor with the Allegheny County Controller's Office, performing financial and compliance audits and reviews of various county offices, and examined and evaluated internal control structures.

Ms. Parisi obtained her master's degree in taxation in 1996 from Robert Morris College. She received her bachelor's degree in 1991 from Washington and Jefferson College.