Karen Clement, CPA

Manage client relationships and review and/or prepare complex income tax returns for multi-state C corporations, primarily privately owned manufacturing and distribution companies. Review and or prepare ASC 740 income tax provisions. Support other industry areas including private client taxation and trusts as well as LLC/partnership and S Corporation taxation.

Other signing director responsibilities include promotion of other service lines, billing, and participating in other internal functions as part of the principal/signing director group.

Management of client relationships in a generalist CPA firm practice that migrated from a local firm of 30 staff members to a regional practice of 200. As a principal in both, my responsibilities also included staffing, firm management, billing, project scheduling and marketing the firm. Lead the firm's merger in both IT consolidation and training of NCA policies & procedures.

Prior to the merger (where I concentrated specifically in complex taxation engagements), I also held the position of quality director over the firm's assurance practice, including audits, reviews, and other financial full disclosure engagements under U.S. GAAP and FASB guidelines.

Progressed from staff accountant, primarily responsible for small business taxation, individual taxation, preparation of financial statements, as well as general bookkeeping, payroll and sales tax, to management of client relationships and preparation/review of more complex tax and assurance engagements, to the promotion of managing a client base as a non-equity partner in 2005. Those duties also included participation in firm management.