Managing Director
Dariel Kingsley
Fifteen years across audit, advisory and CFO roles, and Managing Director of Kingsley Accounting Group since May 2017.
Who is Dariel Kingsley?
Dariel Kingsley is the Managing Director of Kingsley Accounting Group, a boutique accounting firm in Miami, Florida, which she has led since May 2017. Her practice covers accounting system setup for new businesses, compilation of financial statements, review of personal and self-employed tax returns, charity returns, and corporate and personal tax planning. Before founding the firm she managed audit and advisory services at PM+M Accounting LLP, served as Chief Financial Officer at Bekaert & Holland Accounting LLP, and worked in finance at Whitley Penn Accounting LLP. She holds a BS in Accounting and Finance from California State University, Fresno.
Approach
Preparation doesn’t remove complexity, but it removes panic.
Dariel’s career has moved through three distinct vantage points, and each one changed how she works.
In audit she saw where financial records break, and that it is almost never dramatic. It is a reconciliation nobody performed, a control nobody enforced, a period nobody closed. In the CFO seat she learned that most reporting is produced for the accountant, not the owner: technically correct, and useless for making a decision.
Kingsley Accounting Group is built on the space between those two observations. Rigorous about accuracy, because the alternative compounds. Ruthless about clarity, because a report nobody can act on has not done its job.
Experience
Managing Director
Kingsley Accounting Group · May 2017 – Present · Miami, Florida
Leads the firm and every client engagement. Accounting system setup for new businesses, compilation of financial statements, review of personal and self-employed tax returns, charity returns, and corporate and personal tax planning.
Manager: Audit and Advisory Services
PM+M Accounting LLP · March 2014 – May 2017 · Fremont, California
Clean-up and administration of QuickBooks accounting software, accounting systems and internal controls. Maintained books and accounting records, and conducted quarterly reviews.
Chief Financial Officer
Bekaert & Holland Accounting LLP · April 2013 – March 2014 · Topeka, Kansas
Financial leadership across reporting, planning and controls.
Assistant Controller: Finance
Whitley Penn Accounting LLP · July 2011 – April 2013 · Buffalo, New York
Financial reporting and accounting operations.
Education
California State University, Fresno
Bachelor of Accounting: Accounting and Finance
Deerfield Academy
Finance
Areas of focus
- Accounting system setup for newly formed businesses
- Compilation of financial statements to AICPA standards
- Review of personal and self-employed tax returns
- Charity and nonprofit returns, including Form 990
- Corporate and personal tax planning
- Internal controls and QuickBooks administration
Work directly with Dariel.
Every engagement at Kingsley is reviewed by the Managing Director. Book a free 20-minute call to talk through what you need.