The people who service our account are pleasant to work with, knowledgeable about relevant accounting and business matters and available to help when needed.
Schneider Downs provides a variety of specialized services to assist our clients with all of their audit and assurance needs.
We apply the experience of more than 50 years in practice to the audit and assurance needs of public and privately held businesses across a wide range of industries, not-for-profit organizations and employee benefit plans.
Our clients confirm that it is our service philosophy that sets us apart from other public accounting firms:
Our engagement teams are hand-selected by our shareholders based on skill sets and experience and are available around the clock for consultation. Each attestation engagement is subject to our comprehensive quality control and risk management system, providing an independent review of audit opinions, related financial statements and significant underlying working papers, to ensure that the highest levels of professional standards are met.
Schneider Downs is registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and is a member of the AICPA’s Center for Public Company Audit Firms, the Private Companies Practice Section, the Governmental Audit Quality Center and the AICPA’s Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center.
Our firm’s professional standards and compliance with the rules of our profession have been assured by those bodies who are responsible for regulating our industry. Such bodies have conducted evaluations of our practice and system of quality control to ensure our firm’s adherence to the highest standards of the profession. We have earned unmodified reports in all of our peer reviews. The PCAOB issued a report
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We are the firm of choice for financial statement audit and providing customized, independent solutions.
The people who service our account are pleasant to work with, knowledgeable about relevant accounting and business matters and available to help when needed.
We’ve had an amazing SD team. My experience has been that they have a partnership approach and are focused on education and identifying areas for continuous improvement.
Personalized service with integrity.
The people are detailed and thorough.
The team at SD is always respectful and professional, which makes our working relationship very positive. They are always there for us when we have questions, and I appreciate their ability to convey the information clearly and concisely.
Our audit team is tremendous. They are available to us and very involved in Finance and University operations and I am grateful for their partnership. Their technical expertise is valuable to us as we navigate financial issues and understand best practices in higher ed.
The people and their in depth knowledge and caring
They are very responsive when I have an issue, and I am looking for some help.
If they don’t have the answers, they will find it.
We have worked with the same team for many years, which I consider a strength. We have also been able to draw from expertise across the firm around specialized needs in the past few years.
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