Kenneth A. Bagner, CPA, MST
senior manager
(973) 994-9494 ext.113 | kenneth.bagner@sobel-cpa.com

Ken Bagner is a Senior Audit and Accounting Manager at Sobel & Co.  He began his career with Sobel in 1999 and over the years has served diverse niches including commercial real estate, waste management, manufacturing, wholesale, not-for-profit organizations, and employee benefit plans.  Clients value both Ken’s technical abilities and his “hand-on” approach to addressing the unique aspects of each client’s business as well as his ability to combine an expertise in both accounting and tax to provide them with the business advice they need.

In addition, Ken has a specialty in employee benefit plans, working within the Employee Benefit Audit Group and assuming a proactive role in managing several of the firm’s group audits.

In his spare time, Ken is an adjunct professor at Rutgers University where he teaches both taxation for the undergraduate level and the Certified Financial Planners Program. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants.  Currently, Ken serves as the Immediate Past President for the Essex Chapter of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants.  Ken has also been nominated to serve on the Board of Directors for the New Jersey Society of CPAs beginning in July 2008 for a two year term.

Ken is a 1999 graduate of Montclair State University where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting.  In 2003 he graduated Summa Cum Laude from Rutgers University where he earned his Masters in Taxation.  He is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma, the highest honor society for collegiate schools of business.

Ken and his family currently reside in West Milford, New Jersey.

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