Summary
Tatyana Celovsky is a Vice President of Tax at BrightSpire Capital with eight years of post-master’s experience focused on REIT structuring, compliance and tax provision for commercial real estate credit investments. A CPA with a Master of Taxation from Baruch College, she routinely navigates complex partnership allocations, Section 163(j)/267(a) limitations, FIN 48 analyses and REIT income and asset testing. Her background spans Big Four experience at PwC and senior tax roles at Colony Capital, giving her deep exposure to domestic and cross-border real estate investment tax issues across large asset bases. Unusually for a senior tax executive, she also trained as a full-stack software engineer at Flatiron School and has hands-on experience building React/Firestore applications, which she leverages to automate workflows and improve tax reporting processes. Based in New York, she combines technical coding skills with rigorous tax judgment to streamline compliance and transaction structuring. Colleagues describe her as detail-focused, pragmatic, and adept at translating complex tax rules into actionable business decisions.
8 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Business Administration, Accounting, Bachelors of Business Administration, Accounting at City University of New York-Baruch College
Full Stack Software Engineering, Full Stack Software Engineering at Flatiron School
Masters of Science, Taxation, Masters of Science, Taxation at City University of New York-Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business
Russian, Ukrainian, English