Sean is a partner in Crowe’s National Office. In this role, he consults with audit teams and clients on the interpretation and application of complex accounting guidance, including revenue recognition, lease accounting, and the accounting for crypto assets. He currently serves as the Firm’s subject matter expert lead on revenue recognition. He serves as the Firm’s formal liaison with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). In addition, Sean currently serves on the AICPA’s Digital Assets Working Group. Prior to joining Crowe, Sean led the accounting advisory practice of a national accounting firm. In that role, he primarily assisted Fortune 100 companies with their adoption of new accounting standards and/or the application of complex accounting guidance to one-off transactions. Sean also previously served in the National Office and accounting advisory practice of a global accounting firm. While there, he specialized in lease accounting, consolidation, and the accounting for financial instruments. Sean began his career at the FASB as a postgraduate technical assistant. While on the FASB staff, he worked on projects related to derivatives & hedging, not-for-profit accounting, and the FASB’s conceptual framework.

Sara Krople is a partner in the audit and assurance services group at Crowe. She specializes in audit and financial reporting services. Sara has more than 16 years of experience providing audit reviews, S-1 registration statement filings, S-3 and S-4 filings, SEC filings, and implementation of new accounting standards.