Tara Oskins

Tara Oskins is a senior manager in the firm’s Audit and Assurance Services Group with nearly 20 years of experience in public accounting and private industry. Her professional experience includes performing and supervising audits for clients across a variety of industries, including energy services, broker-dealers, and other commercial entities, with a primary focus on governmental entities.

Tara is adept at managing the full audit lifecycle, including planning, evaluating internal controls, performing substantive testing, addressing technical accounting matters, supervising and coaching team members, and preparing U.S. GAAP‑compliant financial statements and related disclosures. Her governmental experience includes parish governments, school boards, law enforcement offices, district attorney offices, and other smaller governmental entities.

Prior to returning to public accounting, Tara served as chief financial officer of a not‑for‑profit organization overseeing a multi‑entity structure, including wholly owned and minority‑owned subsidiaries, with a strategic focus on real estate development and commercial and residential property holdings. Previously, she worked as an associate director at Postlethwaite & Netterville (P&N), a leading full-service accounting and business advisory firm, for nearly 10 years, and at a Big 4 accounting firm, providing assurance, tax, consulting, and advisory services, for 6 years.