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 Audit team is great to work with.
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.
Great people, offering professional and broad based services.
The people I have dealt with have always been great, attentive, and eager to help when needed.
I’ve worked with SD for a long time and my experiences don’t vary. Strong firm leaders have been attached to our nonprofit. As much as one can say “we loved having our auditors on site”, we do!
As an entrepreneur that has started and sold multiple businesses, my Schneider Downs team have provided the highest quality expertise when filing personal and corporate tax returns and when I sold my businesses. Their guidance saved me hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax savings, while ensuring compliance with Federal and State laws. They listened to my concerns and answered my questions in a timely manner, providing options and recommendations that ultimately made these very complex transactions simple and understandable. This team proved to be indispensable partners to me, my leadership team, and my family, and I highly recommend Schneider Downs to any business owners, small or large.
The people, quality of the work and partnership with our organization.
Their timeliness is exceptional. I have enjoyed working with the same staff over the years. Keeping the same staff, is important to me.
If they don’t have the answers, they will find it.
Deep expertise, consummate professionals and responsive/transparent communications.
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