Katherine Ferri-Balbuena is the Controller for the Marathon Development Group Portfolio. Ms. Ferri-Balbuena, is responsible for ensuring all accounting transactions are conducted in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). She oversees the accounting and financial reporting for the Marathon Portfolio. She is also responsible for financial analysis, profit and loss analysis and dealing with the outside CPA firm.
A graduate of PACE University, Ms. Ferri-Balbuena worked at Marks Paneth and Shron, LLP(“MP&S”), as an Auditor in the Non-Profit and Government Services Group. Ms. Ferri-Balbuena’s experience included assurance work for various types of non-profit entities including contribution-based, fundraising and membership organizations, private foundations, higher education and special purpose governmental organizations. As part of her responsibilities, she prepared financial statements and key deliverables including Whitepapers for significant financial statement items, Comparative Benchmarking and Ratios and Observations and Recommendations Memos. For each audit, Ms. Ferri-Balbuena assisted and supervised multiple staff while providing technical guidance and professional development to her team.