
With more than 34 years of public accounting experience, Dave Zinkler is a partner providing audit, accounting, and consulting expertise to various industries, including manufacturing, distribution, technology, wholesale, services, contracting, and retailing and is active in business development initiatives in these industries.
Experience
- Provides audit and accounting services to middle market manufacturing, distribution, contracting, wholesale, retail, and technology clients
- Provides services to portfolio companies of private equity firms
- Member of firm’s manufacturing, distribution, and technology industry group
- Merger and acquisition transactions
- Debt financing and restructuring
- Equity transactions as well as deferred compensation and other similar plan implementation and accounting
- Agreed-upon procedure engagements
- Provides guidance on accounting policies and procedures to improve the operation of the accounting function and strengthen internal controls
- Provides guidance on inventory costing and valuation methods, including LIFO alternatives
- Licensed CPA in Pennsylvania
Involvement
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)
- Manufacturing, Distribution and Technology Industry Group, Regional Leader
- Member of Construction Real Estate Industry Group
- Resource on current and emerging audit, accounting and financial reporting issues, and related implementation
- Regional leader in development and presentation of firm annual Manufacturing, Distribution, and Technology Forums
- Boy Scouts of America, Minsi Trails Council
- Boy Scouts of America, Executive Board Member
- Boy Scouts of America, Treasurer
- Boy Scouts of America, Endowment Committee Member
- Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce
- American Heart Association of the Lehigh Valley
- Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries
- Annual Speakers Forum Host (internal: guests Steve Forbes and Charles Krauthammer)
- Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation
- PICPA/LifePath Annual Thanksgiving Benefit & Awards Luncheon
- Paul Harris Fellowship Rotarian Award of Rotary International
- Pennsylvania Society Events
- Pennsylvania Chamber Annual Dinner and Economic Forecast Summit
- Lehigh Valley Business Award Programs Leadership
- South Parkland Youth Association
Education
Bloomsburg University
Bachelor of Science
Continuing Education
- The SEC Institute Advanced GAAP Training
- Manufacturing, Distribution, and Technology and Construction and Real Estate Annual Forums (internal)
- Annual Quality Update (internal)
- Annual Tax Update (internal)
- AICPA Ethics
- Financial Reporting Framework for Small and Medium Sized Entities (internal)
- Annual FASB and AICPA Update (internal)
- Clarity Standards Update (internal)
- CFO Roundtable (internal)
- CCH Government Auditing Standards: The Conceptual Framework Approach to Independence
- CCH National Single Audit Sampling Project
- Government Auditing Standards: Financial Audits