About Ciro

Ciro Buttacavoli is an assurance services partner and a member of Marcum’s National Engagement Quality Review (EQR) Group. Ciro has more than 40 years of public accounting experience and has provided accounting, auditing, and advisory services to a variety of publicly traded and closely held domestic and international companies. Ciro is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Ciro is part of Marcum’s assurance services accounting standards and reporting group, and currently serves as Marcum’s U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting leader. In these roles, Ciro is responsible for ensuring that, when serving clients, assurance services personnel are provided with the appropriate resources to understand their clients’ complex accounting and external financial reporting requirements.

Prior to joining Marcum, he served in the national professional standards group for a top tier public accounting firm where he also served as an audit partner and engagement quality reviewer. Ciro also performed cross-border reviews of non-U.S. member firm audits.

He has worked with clients that range in size from privately held startups to large public companies, serving as the lead or quality review partner on annual financial statement and internal control audits.

Throughout his career, Ciro has served clients in connection with initial and secondary public and private securities offerings, recapitalization transactions, and reverse mergers involving SPACs, traditional merger and acquisition transactions from the buy and sell sides, and has consulted, both within his firms, and directly with their clients, on complex accounting and financial reporting matters.

Ciro is a frequent presenter and is engaged in training as well as contributing to technical content.

Professional & Civic Affiliations

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Member
  • Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA), Member
  • St. Thomas University – President’s Board of Advisors, Chair
  • St. Thomas University Gus Machado College of Business – Advisory Board, Member
Practice Focus

Financial Reporting
Engagement Quality Reviews
Professional Standards
Internal Controls
SEC Audits
Multinational Businesses

Industry Focus

Construction
Manufacturing & Distribution
Financial Services
Healthcare
Hospitality & Restaurants
Real Estate
Retail
Technology
Transportation

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Accounting
St. Thomas University