Polia Nair
CPA, CFA, Assurance Partner
Bethesda, MD
Polia Nair has nearly two decades of experience advising clients on the application of complex Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and US GAAP financial reporting requirements. A member of CohnReznick’s National Assurance Practice, her experience encompasses a broad range of topics including IPO and other registration statements; pro-forma financial information; proxy statements and other transactional filings for mergers and acquisitions; reverse mergers with SPACs; recapitalizations; and restructuring activities.
In addition to her extensive SEC reporting experience, Polia provides technical accounting expertise related to business combinations; share-based compensation; revenue recognition; consolidations and variable interest entities. Her clients include major business stakeholders such as investors, private equity sponsors, securities counsel, and underwriters.
Before joining CohnReznick, Polia served as Managing Director, SEC Regulatory Matters and Capital Markets, for a major advisory, assurance, and tax firm. In this role, she prepared thought leadership on SEC reporting matters and advised assurance partners on the financial reporting and disclosure for SEC-registered transactions for a wide range of domestic and FPI registrants.
Polia is fluent in English and Bulgarian.
EDUCATION
MBA, Finance, Fox Business School at Temple University
BA, Accounting, Beaver College at Arcadia University