Leadership
Thomas Roland
Areas of Expertise:
- SEC reporting
- Technical accounting
- Legal entity accounting and rationalization
- Revenue recognition
- Financial and external reporting
- Finance performance improvement
Tom Roland serves as Managing Director and Market Leader for the United Kingdom and Europe in MorganFranklin's Commercial Services practice. Tom is responsible for determining the strategic direction, ensuring quality in engagement performance, and developing methodologies to meet the needs of MorganFranklin's clients in the UK and Europe. Tom also services a number of clients and engagements in the U.S. aligned to his core expertise in U.S. GAAP technical accounting and legal entity management issues.
Tom holds more than 10 years of professional experience in financial accounting and reporting, technical accounting research, statutory reporting, and business and financial process design and improvement. He also possesses extensive knowledge of legal entity accounting systems setup, accounting design, and setup and execution of international trading models. More specifically, Tom has significant expertise in revenue recognition and has aided many of his clients in addressing complex customer contracts in a variety of industries, including energy, government contracting, software, and telecommunications.
Throughout his career, Tom has worked with large international companies including BT, AT&T, BearingPoint, AES, Concert Communications, Covansys, and BAAN Software. Prior to joining MorganFranklin, Tom served as a senior analyst and project manager with Concert Communications. Additionally, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the firm's assurance and advisory practice.
"I love to teach. One aspect that I really enjoy about my job is being at the center of complicated issues, trying to figure them out and create a solution that others can understand and implement. Often I find myself breaking down complex issues and explaining the pieces to elicit input and create solutions for my company and clients. With every new challenge comes a new opportunity."
Tom received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a concentration in accountancy from the University of Notre Dame and is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Virginia. While in the U.S., Tom served on the board of the Washington, D.C., Alumni Association for Notre Dame and was an active member.
