Pete Ragone is a Director in SC&H’s Assurance and Tax Services practice. With more than 34 years of assurance and accounting experience leading attestation engagements for public and privately-held domestic and international companies. Pete serves as the partner in charge of the SC&H assurance practice in Tysons Corner, Virginia, serving clients in the Greater Washington DC area and throughout the United States. In addition, Pete is the Government Contracting Industry Practice Leader for the SC&H assurance service line. He works closely with client owners and management to discuss attestation engagement results and provide detailed insight on technical accounting and government contracting issues. Pete also is well versed in mergers and acquisitions, including overseeing quality of earnings/due diligence engagements on behalf of sellers and buyers of government contractors and other commercial entities.
Prior to joining SC&H, Pete served in an audit senior management role for a “Big 4” firm and most recently for a large national accounting firm. His experience includes supervising and training audit staff, coordinating preparation of tax returns, and assisting clients in accounting software selection and implementation best practices. In addition, he maintains expertise in cost accounting, DCAA/DCMA audit compliance, incurred cost submissions, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and DFARs, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), as well as foreign currency translation accounting, fair value accounting, complex revenue recognition issues, accounting for income tax provisions, accounting for share-based compensation and accounting for business combinations.
Pete’s clients have included government contractors ranging from publicly traded companies to SBA small business and 8a certified government contractors, as well as clients from various industries including; manufacturing, distribution, construction, technology, SaaS, property management, and energy. Pete has also authored position papers on accounting issues and developed and delivered training sessions on topics such as audit methodology, financial reporting, effective communication, understanding indirect cost pools and pricing strategies, and the impact of new accounting standards.
Pete is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia and the state of Maryland, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA and the Greater Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants (GWSPCA). Pete earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from James Madison University (JMU) in Accounting and Finance, with a minor in Economics.
