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Professional and Business Services

Professional and Business Services

As a certified public accounting firm, we understand the professional services industry from both a service and business operations perspective.  Service-based businesses face a unique blend of challenges, including addressing costing issues, developing methods for key employee retention and identifying fair methods for compensation.  Recognizing these challenges, we help professional service businesses manage operations cost-effectively so you can focus on providing the highest quality services to your clients.

In addition to traditional accounting, auditing, and tax services, our professional service industry specialists can provide you with the following services:

  • Strategic planning
  • Profitability analysis
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Operations review
  • Cash flow management
  • Incentive-based compensation structuring
  • Key performance indicator (KPI) development
  • Pension and profit-sharing guidance
  • Technology consulting and support
  • Bank financing assistance
  • Internal control review
  • Merger and acquisition facilitation
  • Business succession planning

Blackman & Sloop is the brand name under which Blackman & Sloop Advisors, Inc. provides professional services. Blackman & Sloop Advisors, Inc. and Balance & Strategy Advisors, CPA’s LLP practice as an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable law, regulations and professional standards. Balance & Strategy Advisors, CPA’s LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Blackman & Sloop Advisors, Inc. and its subsidiary entities, which are not licensed CPA firms, provide tax, advisory, and other non-attest services to its clients. The entities are independently owned and are not liable for the services provided by any other entity providing the services under the Blackman & Sloop brand. Our use of the terms "our firm" and "we" and "us" and terms of similar import, denote the alternative practice structure conducted by Balance & Strategy Advisors, CPA’s LLP and Blackman & Sloop Advisors, Inc.