RGP Elevates Elon Friedman to Lead Its Tax and Treasury Consulting Practice — Reinforcing the Firm's Investment in High-Impact Finance Capabilities as CFOs Navigate Regulatory Complexity, Capital Strategy, and Enterprise Transformation
With more than 20 years of tax and treasury experience spanning PwC, EY, Dana Holding Corporation, and Accretive Solutions before joining RGP, Friedman will lead integrated consulting services spanning income tax compliance and reporting, indirect tax, treasury operations, cash flow and liquidity planning, and balance sheet management — pairing strategic advisory with RGP's scalable on-demand talent delivery model.
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RGP (Nasdaq: RGP), a global professional services firm, has announced that Elon Friedman will lead its Tax and Treasury Consulting Practice. The appointment underscores the firm's continued investment in high-impact finance capabilities designed to support CFOs as they navigate the converging pressures of regulatory complexity, capital allocation strategy, and enterprise-wide transformation. Friedman — an RGP leader with more than 20 years of tax and treasury experience — has been instrumental in building and scaling the firm's tax advisory services, and his elevation to practice lead formalises the leadership structure for one of RGP's most strategically significant service lines.
Friedman joined RGP as part of the firm's acquisition of Accretive Solutions in 2017, where he had served as National Practice Director for Tax Consulting. At RGP he subsequently assumed a senior leadership role, helping expand the practice to serve Fortune 500 companies across domestic and international tax disciplines. His career prior to Accretive Solutions included international tax leadership roles at Dana Holding Corporation, EY, and PwC — a progression that spans Big Four advisory, manufacturing corporate tax, and specialised consulting, building a comprehensive view of how tax and treasury decisions play out across both the corporate and advisory sides of the enterprise finance function.
Tax and Treasury at the Centre of Enterprise Performance — Why the Functions Can No Longer Be Managed in Silos
The strategic rationale behind the appointment reflects a broader shift in how enterprise finance functions are being organised and evaluated. As finance leaders face increasing pressure to preserve liquidity, optimise working capital, and manage risk across a more complex global environment, tax and treasury have moved from back-office compliance functions to central drivers of enterprise performance. From global tax compliance and reporting to cash flow forecasting, balance sheet optimisation, and derivatives strategy, these disciplines directly influence capital efficiency, financial transparency, and long-term value creation — making their integration with each other and with broader finance transformation priorities a genuine competitive differentiator for organisations that get it right.
"Today's CFO must think holistically about liquidity, risk, compliance, and capital strategy. Tax and treasury decisions influence everything from M&A outcomes to technology investments. Elon's leadership strengthens our ability to help clients connect these functions to measurable enterprise value."
— Scott Rottmann, President of Consulting Services, RGP
In his expanded role, Friedman will lead tax and treasury consulting services across income tax compliance and reporting, indirect tax, treasury operations, cash flow and liquidity planning, and balance sheet management. The breadth of this scope reflects the integrated nature of the practice RGP is building — one where tax strategy and treasury operations are treated as interconnected disciplines rather than parallel service lines that happen to sit within the same firm. Under Friedman's previous leadership, RGP expanded its ability to deliver integrated solutions that align tax strategy, treasury operations, and broader finance transformation initiatives, and his elevation to practice lead is a signal of intent to continue that trajectory at scale.
"Tax and treasury decisions are interconnected. When aligned, they directly influence liquidity, capital strategy, and enterprise value. I look forward to continuing to build a practice that helps clients approach them holistically."
— Elon Friedman, Tax and Treasury Consulting Practice Leader, RGP
RGP's Differentiated Delivery Model — Strategic Advisory Paired With Scalable On-Demand Talent
A defining characteristic of RGP's approach to tax and treasury — and to professional services more broadly — is its differentiated delivery model. The firm pairs consulting expertise with scalable on-demand talent solutions, allowing organisations to manage peak workloads, regulatory deadlines, and transaction activity with agility that pure advisory or pure staffing models cannot replicate. In practice, this means RGP supports many organisations in a flexible, on-demand capacity — augmenting in-house tax and treasury teams during quarterly closes, audit cycles, system implementations, and transaction events — while simultaneously providing the strategic advisory layer that connects those operational engagements to long-term capital strategy and enterprise transformation objectives.
This dual capability positions RGP to serve as a long-term partner across the full finance lifecycle — from the strategic advisory conversations that shape how tax and treasury are integrated into enterprise transformation programmes, through to the execution capacity that ensures those programmes are delivered on time and to standard when internal bandwidth is constrained. For CFOs managing the simultaneous pressures of M&A integration, ERP modernisation, AI enablement, and regulatory change, that full-lifecycle presence has tangible operational value. RGP (Nasdaq: RGP) has served 90 percent of the Fortune 100 and engages with more than 1,500 clients annually across 40 physical practice offices and multiple virtual offices worldwide. Further information is available at rgp.com.
Key Takeaways
- RGP has elevated Elon Friedman to lead its Tax and Treasury Consulting Practice, formalising leadership over a service line spanning income tax compliance and reporting, indirect tax, treasury operations, cash flow and liquidity planning, and balance sheet management — reflecting the firm's continued investment in high-impact finance capabilities for CFOs navigating regulatory complexity and enterprise transformation
- Friedman brings more than 20 years of tax and treasury experience, having built his career across PwC, EY, Dana Holding Corporation, and Accretive Solutions before joining RGP through the firm's 2017 Accretive Solutions acquisition — giving him both Big Four advisory depth and corporate finance leadership perspective that directly informs the integrated practice he is building
- The appointment reflects a structural shift in enterprise finance: tax and treasury are increasingly central to enterprise performance — influencing M&A outcomes, technology investment decisions, capital efficiency, and long-term value creation — rather than operating as independent back-office compliance functions, making integrated leadership of the two disciplines a strategic priority
- RGP's differentiated delivery model — pairing strategic consulting expertise with scalable on-demand talent solutions — allows organisations to manage peak workloads, regulatory deadlines, audit cycles, and transaction activity with agility, while maintaining the strategic advisory relationship that connects operational engagements to long-term capital strategy
- RGP serves 90 percent of the Fortune 100 and engages with more than 1,500 clients annually across 40 physical practice offices worldwide, having been recognised by Forbes as one of America's Best Midsize Employers 2026 and one of the World's Best Management Consulting Firms 2025 — with Friedman's appointment part of a broader series of consulting leadership investments designed to align finance and technology transformation under unified executive ownership