Dennis F. Shine is partner-in-charge of the Managed Services - Accounting Department in the Firm's Washington, DC office. Mr. Shine came to Marcum via the Firm's merger with Raffa, P.C., one of the nation's preeminent public accounting and business consulting firms, specializing in nonprofits. For more than 20 years, he has helped the Managed Accounting Service Division grow into the premier practice of its kind serving the nonprofit sector. In addition to directing outsourced engagements, Mr. Shine provides a full suite of consulting and business advisory services to his clients, including assessing business processes for effectiveness and efficiency, developing long-range business plans, and financial modeling and forecasting. He is also experienced in financial statement and budget review and analysis, providing recommendations on budgeting tools and templates, and implementation of various accounting systems, including proper chart of account structure and custom reports, and preparation of board of director presentations. Mr. Shine has worked with virtually all of the primary accounting software packages. Prior to joining public accounting, Mr. Shine was the director of finance and computer information systems for a $300 million national nonprofit.