{"id":5058,"date":"2009-12-14t00:29:36","date_gmt":"2009-12-14t04:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=5058"},"modified":"2024-11-19t21:49:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20t02:49:12","slug":"accounting-today-the-2009-best-accounting-firms-to-work-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2009\/12\/14\/accounting-today-the-2009-best-accounting-firms-to-work-for\/","title":{"rendered":"accounting today: the 2009 best accounting firms to work for"},"content":{"rendered":"

small firms (15-24 employees)<\/strong><\/p>\n

rank firm headquarters no. of employees new hires in last year turnover (%) % of internal promotion avg. hours of orientation training hours per emp. chief executive<\/em><\/p>\n

1 mark bailey & co. reno, nev. 15 3 0.00 40.00 8 80 mark bailey<\/p>\n

2 johnson jacobson wilcox las vegas 24 6 1.00 18.00 70 80 gary johnson<\/p>\n

3 swindoll, janzen, hawk & loyd mcpherson, kan. 21 1 5.00 1.00 20 60 kyle hawk<\/p>\n

4 whipplewood cpas littleton, colo. 19 5 0.00 21.00 16 40 richard whipple<\/p>\n

5 pittman & brooks portland, ore. 19 3 na 40.00 120 50 randa brooks<\/p>\n

6 kreinces rollins & shanker rochelle park, n.j. 17 2 0.00 7.00 24 40 brad kreinces<\/p>\n

7 armao, costa & ricciardi cpas garden city, n.y. 24 6 0.00 25.00 16 40 salvatore armao<\/p>\n

8 bartolomei pucciarelli lawrenceville, n.j. 18 2 0.00 5.00 25 45 james bartolomei<\/p>\n

9 soukup, bush & associates cpas fort collins, colo. 17 2 5.00 0.00 80 80 mark soukup<\/p>\n

10 e. cohen and co. cpas rockville, md. 22 7 1.00 2.00 16 40 eric cohen<\/p>\n

11 rosenberg, smith, cooney & migliore bensalem, pa. 17 5 5.00 0.00 na 10 sam rosenberg<\/p>\n

12 onisko & scholz cpas long beach, calif. 18 3 1.00 2.00 24 60 paul scholz<\/p>\n

13 gbh cpas houston 18 6 0.00 14.00 40 60 david grossman<\/p>\n

14 thomasyork san ramon, calif. 15 2 0.00 20.00 4 40 glen thomas<\/p>\n

15 lmgw cpas saratoga, calif. 18 4 2.00 0.00 4 48 keith plottel<\/p>\n

16 layton layton & tobler las vegas 18 2 5.56 0.00 24 50 donald layton<\/p>\n

17 dunton & associates springfield, mo. 20 4 14.00 18.00 24 40 william dunton<\/p>\n

18 baldwin & associates richmond, ky. 20 3 0.00 50.00 30 70 g. alan long<\/p>\n

19 rushton & co. gainesville, ga. 24 5 3.70 15.00 8 70 barclay rushton<\/p>\n

20 cowan bolduc doherty north andover, mass. 15 2 6.25 13.00 120 60 stephen doherty<\/p>\n

midsized firms (25-249 employees)<\/strong><\/p>\n

rank firm headquarters no. of employees new hires in last year turnover (%) % of internal promotion avg. hours of orientation training hours per emp. chief executive<\/em><\/p>\n

1 braver schimler pierce jenkins atlanta 39 2 0.00 47.00 16 40 christine pierce<\/p>\n

2 porter keadle moore atlanta 87 20 8.50 20.00 20 50 h. phillip moore jr.<\/p>\n

3 beachfleischman tucson, ariz. 91 16 8.50 20.00 80 40 bruce beach<\/p>\n

4 wall, einhorn & chernitzer norfolk, va. 83 24 15.00 14.00 72 60 martin einhorn<\/p>\n

5 sisterson & co. pittsburgh 89 23 12.00 11.00 32 80 william troup<\/p>\n

6 kaufman, rossin & co. miami 237 11 5.00 8.00 16 52 james kaufman<\/p>\n

7 berlin, ramos & co. rockville, md. 46 3 6.00 3.00 8 50 r. bruce buchanan<\/p>\n

8 martin starnes & associates cpas hickory, n.c. 41 8 4.00 5.00 3 80 victoria martin<\/p>\n

9 lanigan, ryan, malcolm & doyle gaithersburg, md. 32 3 2.90 14.00 24 45 francis lanigan jr.<\/p>\n

10 hertzbach & co. owings mills, md. 96 11 8.00 9.00 50 40 mgmt. committee<\/p>\n

11 boyer & ritter cpas camp hill, pa. 81 10 2.00 9.00 40 60 robert murphy<\/p>\n

12 biscotti, toback & co. cpas garden city, n.y. 36 5 0.00 25.00 24 40 louis biscotti<\/p>\n

13 kraftcpas nashville, tenn. 122 27 9.00 8.00 40 55 vic alexander<\/p>\n

14 petrinovich pugh & co. san jose, calif. 45 4 5.00 9.00 4 60 marc parkinson<\/p>\n

15 wilkin & guttenplan east brunswick, n.j. 61 5 1.00 17.00 40 60 edward guttenplan<\/p>\n

16 the whitlock co. springfield, mo. 32 1 0.00 0.00 20 80 david myers<\/p>\n

17 berntson porter & co. bellevue, wash. 68 16 4.40 15.00 32 50 robert berntson<\/p>\n

18 barfield, murphy, shank & smith birmingham, ala. 97 5 3.00 14.00 32 30 don murphy<\/p>\n

19 rina accountancy corp. walnut creek, calif. 78 1 6.00 19.00 7 90 ed fahey<\/p>\n

20 wessel & co. johnstown, pa. 37 5 3.00 25.00 40 40 robert eyer<\/p>\n

21windes & mcclaughry accountancy corp. long beach, calif. 139 27 8.00 4.00 40 50 john di carlo<\/p>\n

22 coulter & justus knoxville, tenn. 65 8 3.00 11.00 3 45 sam coulter<\/p>\n

23 lewis, hooper & dick garden city, kan. 39 4 3.00 10.00 40` 80 gary schlappe<\/p>\n

24 homes, lowry, horn & johnson fairfax, va. 36 6 3.00 5.00 15 50 roger overton<\/p>\n

25 greenstein, rogoff, olsen & co. fremont, calif. 36 7 5.00 7.00 8 24 alan olsen<\/p>\n

26 dicicco, gulman & co. woburn, mass. 94 11 11.00 8.00 60 90 leonard dicicco jr.<\/p>\n

27 testone, marshall & discenza syracuse, n.y. 59 9 3.00 5.00 12 40 frank discenza<\/p>\n

28anglin reichmann snellgrove & armstrong huntsville, ala. 35 14 8.60 20.00 5 30 gary anglin<\/p>\n

29 kolb+co. brookfield, wis. 101 26 8.00 6.00 5 na tom luken<\/p>\n

30 argy, wiltse & robinson mclean, va. 200 74 21.70 50.00 6 40 paul argy<\/p>\n

31 glenn m. gelman & associates santa ana, calif. 33 7 4 .00 0.00 6 52 glenn gelman<\/p>\n

32 windham brannon atlanta 105 21 5 .00 12.00 8 40 charlie mcgimsey<\/p>\n

33 squire & co. orem, utah 72 15 10.67 17.00 24 80 k. tim larsen<\/p>\n

34 pkf texas houston 131 25 13.00 22.00 13 35 kenneth guidry<\/p>\n

35 laporte sehrt romig hand metairie, la. 143 30 10.00 15.00 24 50 william mason<\/p>\n

36 montgomery coscia greilich plano, texas 96 34 8.90 15.00 2 na thomas montgomery<\/p>\n

37 price, kong & co. cpas phoenix 36 1 1.00 2.00 20 150 anthony kong<\/p>\n

38 johanson & yau accountancy corp. san jose, calif. 31 2 3.00 0.00 8 50 fred leonard<\/p>\n

39 bond beebe bethesda, md. 77 9 4.00 9.00 30 50 david dorsey<\/p>\n

40 maloney + novotny cleveland 81 52 3.00 1.00 8 na matthew maloney<\/p>\n

41 payne, nickles & co. norwalk, ohio 32 3 6.00 6.00 3 61 carl mcgookey<\/p>\n

42 mann. weitz & associates deerfield, ill. 30 3 0.00 3.00 10 30 leonard weitz<\/p>\n

43 mckonly & asbury camp hill, pa. 94 13 9.00 21.00 16 40 terry harris<\/p>\n

44 greer & walker charlotte, n.c. 77 7 1.00 14.00 16 60 c. greer\/k. walker<\/p>\n

45 isdaner & co. bala cynwyd, pa. 53 7 8.00 22.00 6 40 scott isdaner<\/p>\n

46 bcg & co. akron, ohio 87 22 16.00 8.00 28 36 david brockman<\/p>\n

47 sharrard, mcgee & co. high point, n.c. 55 5 4.00 2.00 80 70 alan scheppmann<\/p>\n

48 hancock askew & co. savannah, ga. 66 17 8.00 5.00 6 40 j. harry haslam<\/p>\n

49 bland & associates omaha, neb. 29 11 1.00 21.00 40 50 jason tonjes<\/p>\n

50 pender newkirk & co. tampa, fla. 60 14 9.00 6.00 4 40 ralph garcia jr.<\/p>\n

51 albright, fortenberry & ninas columbus, ga. 26 2 8.00 8.00 2 27 john fortenberry<\/p>\n

52 bernard robinson & co. greensboro, n.c. 70 14 0.02 11.00 8 40 patricia price<\/p>\n

53 tate & tryon washington, d.c. 88 28 10.00 na 5 40 charlie tate<\/p>\n

54 sanford, baumeister & frazier fort worth, texas 31 4 3.00 2.00 40 50 richard baumeister jr.<\/p>\n

55 potter & co. lexington, ky. 55 5 3.60 4.00 40 24 gregory mullins<\/p>\n

56 johnson lambert & co. falls church, va. 134 42 16.00 17.00 20 63 debbie lambert<\/p>\n

57 davidson, holland, whitesell & co. hickory, n.c. 31 4 7.00 11.00 8 47 herbert whitesell<\/p>\n

58 grassi & co. cpas lake success, n.y. 110 32 10.00 10.00 20 40 louis grassi<\/p>\n

59 whitley penn fort worth, texas 158 55 10.00 10.00 8 40 larry autrey<\/p>\n

60 brown schultz sheridan & fritz camp hill, pa. 90 9 7.00 11.00 24 60 kenneth wolfe<\/p>\n

61 mikunda, cottrell & co. inc. anchorage, alaska 98 27 17.00 19.00 na 112 james hasle<\/p>\n

62 daszkal bolton boca raton, fla. 79 22 25.00 5.00 12 32 michael daszkal<\/p>\n

63 henderson, hutcherson & mccullough chattanooga, tenn. 60 7 2.00 3.00 20 40 james hutcherson<\/p>\n

64 katzabosch hunt valley, md. 83 18 20.00 6.00 40 61 mark cisell<\/p>\n

65 cohen & co. cleveland 217 42 5.00 7.00 40 40 randall myeroff<\/p>\n

large firms (250 or more employees)<\/strong><\/p>\n

rank firm headquarters no. of employees new hires in last year turnover (%) % of internal promotion avg. hours of orientation training hours per emp. chief executive<\/em><\/p>\n

1 blumshapiro west hartford, conn. 277 55 11.00 12.00 32 50 carl johnson<\/p>\n

2 armanino mckenna san ramon, calif. 263 84 12.00 15.00 20 80 andy armanino<\/p>\n

3 citrin cooperman & co. new york city 314 20 0.00 15.00 21 64 joel cooperman<\/p>\n

4 burr, pilger & mayer san francisco 379 127 23.00 16.00 6 65 stephen mayer<\/p>\n

5 anchin, block & anchin new york city 361 59 4.08 8.00 7 60 frank schettino<\/p>\n

6 friedman new york city 266 56 4.00 19.00 50 50 bruce madnick<\/p>\n

7 dixon hughes asheville, n.c. 1,098 204 13.40 21.00 32 62 ken hughes<\/p>\n

8 kearney & co. alexandria, va. 353 229 15.00 38.00 24 51 ed kearney<\/p>\n

9 rothstein kass roseland, n.j. 774 227 12.00 30.00 40 55 s. kass\/h. altman<\/p>\n

10 j.h. cohn roseland, n.j. 1,026 167 8.00 22.00 8 40 thomas marino<\/p>\n

11 rehmann saginaw, mich. 530 40 16.00 9.00 9 40 steve kelly<\/p>\n

12 bkd springfield, mo. 2,030 212 12.00 18.00 40 64 neal spencer<\/p>\n

13 bdo seidman chicago 2,581 549 10.00 27.00 10 40 jack weisbaum<\/p>\n

14 eisner new york city 530 145 7.00 17.00 8 50 charles weinstein<\/p>\n

15 baker tilly virchow krause madison, wis. 1,170 331 13.61 11.00 4 40 tim christen<\/p>\n

notes: internal promotion – percentage of fiscal-year staff receiving internal promotions. orientation – for new employees.<\/p>\n

the best firms’ best practices<\/strong><\/p>\n

percentage of the best firms to work for with positive responses to the following questions (except for first line – average number of years in service of highest-ranking official)<\/em><\/p>\n

average years highest-ranking official\/ceo has been in office for the organization 16.3 14.8 15.4 15.3<\/p>\n

do you offer performance bonuses or incentive programs? 93% 97% 100% 96%<\/p>\n

do you offer an employee stock option program? 0% 2% 7% 2%<\/p>\n

do you offer a profit-sharing program (not an esop)? 50% 67% 64% 62%<\/p>\n

do you conduct regular employee evaluations? 96% 100% 100% 99%<\/p>\n

do you conduct 360-degree evaluations? 57% 50% 43% 51%<\/p>\n

do you offer a 401(k) or 403(b) program for retirement savings? 89% 100% 100% 97%<\/p>\n

do you match employee retirement saving contributions? 86% 72% 71% 76%<\/p>\n

do you require a minimum employee contribution before you contribute the match? 64% 71% 55% 67%<\/p>\n

can employees trade accrued days for pay once the maximum accrual has been reached? 36% 19% 14% 23%<\/p>\n

do you offer your employees telecommuting options? 75% 91% 100% 88%<\/p>\n

do you offer job-sharing options? 32% 17% 50% 26%<\/p>\n

do you offer employees the option to work compressed work weeks? 71% 69% 79% 71%<\/p>\n

do you provide an employee assistance program? 21% 48% 100% 48%<\/p>\n

do you pay all or part of employees’ childcare costs? 7% 9% 7% 8%<\/p>\n

do you have on-site facilities that promote exercise and fitness (e.g., gym, workout facilities, locker facilities)? 29% 28% 29% 28%<\/p>\n

do you have on-site fitness\/wellness programs? 29% 50% 93% 50%<\/p>\n

do you pay all or part of employees’ costs for health club memberships or fitness or wellness programs? 39% 47% 57% 46%<\/p>\n

do you provide eldercare assistance? 7% 7% 50% 13%<\/p>\n

do you provide cafeteria or meal subsidies, free daily snacks or beverages? 86% 95% 100% 93%<\/p>\n

do you provide adoption assistance? 0% 7% 36% 9%<\/p>\n

do you offer domestic partner benefits? 29% 19% 64% 28%<\/p>\n

do you offer flexible spending accounts? 63% 97% 100% 88%<\/p>\n

do you offer tuition reimbursement? 79% 76% 100% 80%<\/p>\n

do you currently employ any practices to recruit\/retain members of the disabled community? 14% 18% 29% 18%<\/p>\n

do you currently employ any practices to recruit\/retain employees of varying ethnic and cultural backgrounds? 18% 32% 71% 33%<\/p>\n

do you currently employ any practices to recruit\/retain an aging workforce? 21% 35% 50% 33%<\/p>\n

do you allow employees paid time off for community service activities\/volunteer work? 75% 79% 86% 79%<\/p>\n

do you have formalized program\/practices for succession planning? 46% 74% 86% 68%<\/p>\n

do you have a recycling or waste-reduction program? 93% 90% 100% 92%<\/p>\n

were your facilities designed\/built using green or sustainable building practices? 15% 12% 43% 17%<\/p>\n

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the best firms’ best practices<\/h1>\n

percentage of the best firms to work for with positive responses to the following questions (except for first line – average number of years in service of highest-ranking official)<\/h2>\n
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