Jeffrey T. Deane, CPA

Chief Executive Officer

Deutsche

Jeffrey T. Deane is CEO of Malin Bergquist, a Pittsburgh “Top 15” certified public accounting firm, with large offices also in Erie and Greensburg, PA. He heads the firm's International Businesses Group. Jeff and his group serve some 40 companies with international operations.

With Jeff’s active support, the firm sponsors the German-American Business Circle to create an economic development infrastructure to attract and retain German companies in Pittsburgh.  He also serves on the board of directors of the British American Business Council/Pittsburgh Region. He and the firm also assist the region’s governmental officials in courting foreign-owned companies to Western Pennsylvania.

Jeff’s niche is serving foreign-owned companies doing business in the United States. Under his leadership, the firm serves companies headquartered, or launching business, in Europe, Asia and South America. What sets the international practice apart is its significant partner involvement, continuity of staff and a one-stop approach for tax filings and financial reporting, regardless of the number of countries involved. 

Jeff is a nationally recognized expert and pioneer in the convergence of GAAP with international financial reporting standards (IFRS). In 2004, he helped the Pittsburgh-based subsidiary of a German-owned manufacturer convert to IFRS, including traveling to Germany to brief the key finance team about the more complex issues. Today he continues to counsel clients in this critical issue. He has authored IFRS articles in the Journal of Accountancy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Erie's Business Magazine, has been quoted in IFRS stories in IFRS.com and the Pittsburgh Business Times, and has made IFRS presentations to a number of professional service firms and universities.

Included in Jeff’s expertise are consolidations, inventory systems and developing/monitoring financial and non-financial benchmarks.

Jeff’s inbound clients are companies that are based in Germany, India, Switzerland, Spain and the Netherlands, and have acquired, developed or opened subsidiaries in Western Pennsylvania. This involves an extensive understanding of financial reporting and generally accepted accounting principles in each country.

He also helps outbound U.S. clients seeking a “soft landing” in countries such as China, Brazil, Mexico and Canada. Through the firm’s membership in Horwath International, he has access to 10,000 professionals on six continents who can provide his clients with management advice, tax, and audit and accounting, as well as understanding of local customs, cultures and business practices.

Among Jeff’s clients is a safety products manufacturer headquartered in Germany. As the client has expanded, he has helped it establish subsidiaries in Mexico and the U.S., and to restructure Canadian operations. In one acquisition, the due diligence work he performed resulted in a lower purchase price than the client otherwise would have paid. For the seller of a pump manufacturer, Jeff provided expert advice in a dispute over the purchase price adjustment based on net working capital that saved the client millions of dollars when the matter was settled in arbitration.

Jeff is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants. He serves on the board of his church, and is a member of the Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerce. He is a 1987 graduate of Robert Morris College, with a bachelor of science degree in accounting.