Professional Services Overview

RubinBrown’s Professional Services Group provides various services to entities ranging from start-up firms to multi-office organizations. You will benefit from our many resources and years of experience working with service professionals.
With the understanding that serving professional services firms requires much more than traditional accounting services, we focus on developing a relationship with you that enhances your organizational and personal goals.
We also maintain specialized departments, each staffed with professionals experienced in working with service-focused organizations. Our professional staff provides a wealth of resources with direct experience in many facets of the operations of a professional services firm. The same partners and managers will work with your organization each year in order to grow in their knowledge of your business and to provide continuity.
Our professional staff provides a wealth of resources with direct experience in many facets of the operations of a professional services firm.
The same partners and managers will work with your organization each year in order to grow in their knowledge of your business and to provide continuity.
As professional advisors, we specialize in helping you realize a sound financial future through effective practice management, income tax, retirement, personal financial, estate and fringe benefit planning.
Areas of Expertise
The RubinBrown Professional Services Group specializes in serving professional services entities including:
- Law firms
- Physician practices and health care related practices
- Architects and engineers
- Management, marketing, technology and other consultants
- Advertising agencies and public relations firms
- Staffing firms
- Investment advisors
- Insurance agencies
- Other professional services firms
Specialized Services
The RubinBrown Professional Services Group provides customized services as follows:
Assurance Services:
- Audits, reviews and compilations of financial statements
- ViewPoints Report
Practice Management:
- Start-up assistance
- Structure of entity
- Office reviews
- Employee policies, benefits and compensation
- Satisfaction surveys- client, employee and patient
- Policy and procedure manuals
- Educating associates and stakeholders
- Insurance analysis
- Strategic planning
- Internal control/operational reviews
- Organizational and operational benchmark studies
- Technology consulting
Accounting & Financial Management:
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Cash flow analysis and projections
- Billing and collections
- Billing and overhead rate development and analysis
- Accounting systems and functions
- Financing and capital needs
- Statistical comparisons
- Buy/lease analysis
- Outsourcing of accounting functions
- Tax Consulting:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Tax planning and compliance
- Retirement plans- design and administration
- Tax structuring
- Personal wealth management
State and Local Tax Consulting:
- Corporate income and franchise taxes
- Property taxes
- Credits and incentives
- Sales and use taxes
Other Consulting:
- Business valuations
- Insurance claims
- Lost profits quantification
- Government claims and audits
- Mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence
- Expert witness testimony
- Succession planning
Professional Services News
| Focus on Professional Services: Implications of the New Tax Law Professional Services Thursday, 17 January 2013 |
| Focus on Professional Services: New Audit Technique Guides Issued Professional Services Wednesday, 01 February 2012 |
| Focus on Healthcare: An Overview of the 2012 Office of Inspector General Work Plan on Healthcare Providers Professional Services Thursday, 05 January 2012 |
Professional Services Services Leaders
For additional information on the RubinBrown Professional Services Group and our specialized services, please contact:
Ken Rubin, CPA
Partner-In-Charge
314.290.3417
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Don Esstman, CPA
Partner
303.952.1284
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Mary Ramm, CPA
Partner
913.499.4406
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Events and Seminars
| Microsoft Dynamics Receivables Module (Saint Louis) Tue May 21 @ 8:30AM - 05:00PM |
| Contract Liability & Indemnity Issues For Manufacturers (St. Louis) Wed May 29 @ 8:00AM - 09:30AM |
| Not-For-Profit Investments Seminar (St. Louis) Wed Jun 19 @ 8:00AM - 10:00AM |



