Tim Cobb

Partner & Tax Advisory Practice Leader

CPA

Tim is a Partner at Centri Business Consulting and is the leader of the firm’s Tax Advisory Practice. He joined Centri in July 2023. With over 20 years of public accounting and corporate tax experience, Tim specializes in tax strategy and planning, M&A, tax accounting, tax function transformation, and leadership across all stages of the corporate life cycle, from private equity to public.

Prior to his time with Centri, Tim served as the Vice President of Global Tax at Glatfelter, overseeing global tax functions encompassing tax accounting (ASC 740), U.S. federal, state, and international tax compliance (including foreign income inclusions such as GILTI and Subpart F), audit defense, mergers and acquisition planning and accounting, internal controls (SOX), process/system improvement, strategic planning, development and maintenance of Centers of Excellence, and transfer pricing planning, documentation, and defense. Tim was also on the Board of Directors for the foreign entities at Glatfelter.

Prior to his time with Glatfelter, Tim held the role of Executive Director, Head of Global Tax at PRA Health Sciences, Inc., overseeing global tax functions, such as tax accounting (ASC 740), U.S. federal and state, international tax compliance, audit defense, mergers and acquisition planning and accounting, internal controls (SOX), process/system improvement, strategic planning, and transfer pricing planning, documentation, and defense. Additionally, Tim held positions at Cree, Inc. and Ernst & Young, LLP.

Tim graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Zoology from North Carolina State University. He also received his M.S. in Business Management from North Carolina State University and his Master of Accounting degree from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a certified public accountant in North Carolina.