Christine E. Pedersen

Chrissy E. Pedersen is the Senior Director of Tax & Consulting Services at Perennial Fund Services. She has been involved in the alternative investment fund industry since 2007 and has over fifteen years of accounting and tax compliance experience. Ms. Pedersen leads the firm’s global tax and consulting practice and is responsible for delivering services to approximately 200 alternative investment funds, investment management companies, general businesses and high net-worth individuals.

Ms. Pedersen’s diversified clientele includes limited partnerships, limited liability companies, S corporations, C corporations, passive foreign investment companies, and high net-worth individuals. Ms. Pedersen also specializes in the hedge fund and investment advisory business where she advises clients on complex accounting and tax matters. She helps clients set-up accounting systems, including payroll, human resources, accounts receivables and payables, multi-state operations, Form 1099 filings and other back-office solutions. Ms. Pedersen successfully represents clients with IRS examinations which often result in tax reductions or no change closing letters. She also assists domestic clients with secretary of state filings and offshore clients with U.S. FATCA compliance and ASC 740 reporting.

Ms. Pedersen attended Golden Gate University in San Francisco where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Accounting and graduated Cum Laude in 2007. She is currently pursuing her Master of Science in Tax degree at Golden Gate University in San Francisco and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.