Grant Thornton LLP Admitted Shawn Stewart as a New Partner to the Firm’s Los Angeles Office

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug 08, 2011 - LOS ANGELES—Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the six global audit, tax, and advisory organizations, admitted  Shawn Stewart CPA, CRP, CISA, PMP as a new partner of the firm’s Business Advisory Services Practice in the Los Angeles Office, effective August 1, 2011.

“I am excited to take on a greater role with Grant Thornton,” said Mr. Stewart. “Grant Thornton has a tradition of commitment to serving its clients, the profession, and community with excellence—I am honored to be a part of that and look forward to my future with the firm.”

Mr. Stewart joined Grant Thornton in 2010 as an executive director.  With more than 17 years of experience, Mr. Stewart most recently was a senior manager at The Capital Group Companies & American Funds in Los Angeles, where he established the company’s first IT compliance programs. He also formed the company’s IT Internal Audit Department, Risk Project Management Office and participated in the formation and organization of the first Enterprise IT Project Management Office. Previously, he spent seven years with Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he provided risk consultation, regulatory compliance, audit, and mergers and acquisitions services to clients in a wide variety of industries.

Mr. Stewart is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Risk Professional (CRP), Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), and a Project Management Professional (PMP). He received his M.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah with an emphasis in Information Systems and currently resides in Huntington Beach, California.

Across the firm, Grant Thornton admitted 26 new partners and principals. Partners and principals admitted to the firm are thought leaders upon whom the firm relies to provide personalized attention in serving clients. These professionals have demonstrated consistently their ability to understand and meet the needs of client companies and industries. They have also demonstrated long-term leadership in the accounting profession and the community.

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Fiducial Business Centers, Inc. Names Houston Branch as Office of the Year.

PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 21, 2011 – Yves Morard-Lacroix, Executive Vice President of Fiducial Business Centers, Inc. is pleased to announce the Houston Branch as the “U.S. Office of the Year.”

Syed Rizvi, Branch Manager of the Houston Office, along with his dedicated staff, Ron Necessary and Millie Funez, lead the U.S. offices in providing superior client service; consistent profitability; and, showing consistent compliance with Fiducial standards.

The Houston office provides monthly financial reporting, business counseling, tax services, and payroll services to over 400 small business clients in the Houston area.  

The Houston office was acquired by Fiducial Business Centers, Inc. in 2004.  According to William Morice, Director of Field Operations, “Selecting just one ‘Office of the Year’ was a difficult decision because so many of our offices are excelling, but the Houston’s office determined attitude stood out from the crowd.”  The Houston office shines in its consistent performance and its ability to provide small businesses with same level of service of a national firm, but at a local price. http://www.fiducial.com

Fiducial is a global provider of services to individuals and small businesses. Through an aggressive acquisition effort, the company established operations in the United States in 1999 and now boasts approximately 100 locations around the country comprised of both company stores and franchise offices.

Fiducial has a worldwide presence through its European and American subsidiaries and with its affiliation with the Fiducial International Network, a global association of almost 1,800 members and correspondents in 78 countries all who share the same concept of providing multi-disciplinary services for individuals and small businesses. Fiducial owns an additional 660 European offices throughout France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Morocco, and has independently-owned international offices in Canada, Ireland, Thailand, The Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, Puerto Rico, Portugal and the Dominican Republic.

Fiducial provides full-service outsourced accounting, bookkeeping, business counseling, tax planning and preparation as well payroll services, so that business owners can concentrate on their core business.

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