SPECIALISTS
Harry W. Carpenter
Partner, Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC
Experience
Harry Carpenter is a partner and the firm’s Cannabis Advisory Services Practice Co-Leader based in the firm’s Florham Park, New Jersey office, with over 20 years of experience. He specializes in audits, reviews, compilations, and consultation on general accounting, business strategy, operations, budgeting, and internal controls. He also provides litigation support and forensic accounting services.
Harry is a CPA, providing a wide variety of accounting, assurance, and consulting services to private clients in a number of specialized industries, including primarily the cannabis and manufacturing and distribution industries.
Harry was recognized in NJBIZ’s “Power 50 in Accounting" lists for the past five consecutive years, which highlights individuals who make important contributions to the New Jersey business community. He was also named one of New Jersey’s “Top 24 CPAs" in the NJBIZ inaugural "Vanguard Series" published in February 2019.
Harry serves as the New Jersey Practice Leader and Co-Chairman for the firm’s Cannabis Advisory Services Practice. Due to his specialized knowledge in cannabis industry-related business issues, he has been a featured speaker and panelist at some of the industry’s foremost events. Additionally, Harry is one of the co-leaders and co-founders of the firm's Rainmakers Program and participates significantly on the firm’s scholarship, campus recruiting, staffing, and various other firm committees and initiatives. In 2023, Harry’s Cannabis Advisory Services team was recognized for “Excellence in Consultancy – Accounting and Finance” at the NJ Cannabis Insider Awards, and then, later in 2023, they were named "Accounting Firm of the Year" at the EMJAYS International Cannabis Awards, which took place at MJBizCon in Las Vegas, the largest annual cannabis conference in the world.
Prior to joining Citrin Cooperman in 2012, Harry served as audit senior manager at a Big 4 accounting firm, supervising approximately 25 staff annually on audits, reviews, and special projects.
Harry is featured in Citrin Cooperman’s Focus on What Counts - Video 1 and Video 2.
CREDENTIALS
Education
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, University of Delaware
Licenses
Certified Public Accountant in the States of New York and New Jersey
Affiliations
Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Member, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA)
Co-Chairman, New Jersey Rainmakers Program
Partner-in-Charge, New Jersey-based firm activities
Honors & Awards
NJBIZ 2025 Leader in Finance Honoree
Power 50 in Accounting, NJBIZ (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)
- Awarded to 50 honorees chosen by industry participants and the business community each year for their visibility as accounting professions who are driving New Jersey business, making an impact on the New Jersey economy, and making important contributions to the New Jersey business community.
2019 Top 24 CPAs, NJBIZ
- Awarded to 24 people in the accounting profession who are recognized as having made significant contributions to their firms, communities, or the business in general over the past year.
Presentations & Publications
- "Dispensaries: The Rising Green Sun" 2022 Cannabis World Congress and Business Exposition - New York City (June 2-4, 2022)
- Bergen County Financial Crimes Symposium - Virtual (November 23, 2021)
- "The Green Rush" Canna Pop Up - Parsippany, NJ (October 27, 2021)
- "How to Get Started in the Cannabis Industry" Real Cannabis Entrepreneur Conference 2021 - Newark, NJ (October 15-16, 2021)
- "From Dream to Reality: Getting Your Business Ready for Operation" - Virtual (September 15, 2021)
- Opportunities in Cannabis Production Industries - Ignite LI - Virtual (July 13,2021)
- Boardwalk Budz Conference - Atlantic City, NJ (June 25-27, 2021)
- "New Jersey Path to Recreational Cannabis Legalization" hosted by Cantor FitzGerald - Virtual (October 29, 2020)
- "New Jersey Cannabis Legalization: Economic Opportunities for the Garden State" hosted by Bressler Law - Virtual (October 21, 2020)
- "Harry Carpenter: NJ Marijuana Industry Leader & Premier Accountant" HeadyNJ, March 24, 2020
- "The Green Shift - The Pivot into the Budding Cannabis Industry." - Canna Pop Up - Podcast (March 16, 2020)
- Cannabis Insider "The Road to Legalization" - Edison, NJ (March 10, 2020)
- New Jersey's Leading Professionals Featured in the Vanguard Series: Accounting 2019 Spotlight - NJBiz (March 4, 2019)
- "Coming Down from the High" 22nd Annual Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference - Virtual (June 19, 2020)
- ROI Thought Leadership Series, 'The State of Cannabis: Exploring CBD in New Jersey" - Edison, NJ (August 7, 2019)
- Top 10 Ways to Manage Risk in the Cannabis Industry - Philadelphia, PA (Jul 31, 2019)
- MJBizConNEXT - New Orleans, LA (June 12, 2019)
- Cannabis World Congress & Business Expo NY 2019 New York, NY (May 29, 2019)
- What do the changing regulations mean for my cannabis or hemp business? NJ Cannabis Leadership Panel - West Orange, NJ (May 16, 2019)
- Cannabis World Congress and Business Expo 2018 - New York, NY (May 30 - June 2, 2018)
- New Jersey Cannabis 101: Building The Indestructible Marijuana Business - Livingston, NJ (May 18, 2018)
- MJBizConNext - New Orleans, LA (May 9-11, 2018)
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