Assurance & Accounting
At Williams & Company, integrity and proficiency are the cornerstones of our company. Strict adherence to professional standards, regulations and laws is a core value which is clearly communicated to clients at the outset of our relationship and incorporated from the planning stage to delivery of our solution. We remain independent throughout our engagements and are able to disagree, regardless of the popularity of our views or their effect on our fees. Our assurance and accounting services include:

• Audit & Attest
• Accounting
• Employee Benefit Plan Audit

We maintain consistently high standards for service and deliver our best on every engagement. Our service characteristics include a customized engagement approach for your company, identifying areas in which your company can improve efficiency and profitability and year round interaction to keep you abreast of changes in your industry and their meaning for you.

Please contact us learn more about our Assurance & Accounting Practice.

Audits

We deliver effective, efficient, independent and comprehensive risk based audits of financial statements. We first understand the business and the risks it faces and then focus our efforts where it matters most. Our method is both efficient and cost effective and meets the regulatory and business requirements under which they function.

Our clients benefit from our commitment to quality, which is demonstrated by our enrollment in peer review programs administered by the National Peer Review Committee and the Private Company Practice Section of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

The following services are also available:

Reviews

We review financial results by making inquiries of our client’s management and performing analytical procedures. Our review report expresses limited assurance that there are no material modifications that should be made to the financial statements in order for them to conform to generally accepted accounting principles.

Compilations

We compile financial statements from client information in accordance with professional standards. No opinion is expressed about the information.

Other Services

As a full service business advisor we can also provide:

• Agreed-upon procedures
• Reports on internal controls

Accounting

Incorrect accounting for transactions can have significant consequences. Whether your needs are bookkeeping, interim and year-end financial statement preparation, dealing with an unusual transaction for the first time or a familiar transaction for which the accounting standards have changed, having a resource that understands accounting procedures reduces the risk of error and liability.

Our accounting services professionals have vast accounting experience. Some areas where we can help include:

• Monthly bookkeeping services
• Account analysis Assistance with complex accounting transactions
• Financial statement preparation
• Preparation of tax returns & filings
• Accounting software selection & implementation
• Interim accounting staffing

We'll help you define the kind of support you need and bring the right talent to accomplish your goals.

Maintaining employee benefit plans compliant with ever changing ERISA and other regulations are essential but not always easy. Plan sponsors need advisors who understand their requirements and help them reach their goals.

Among the services we provide are:

• Performing audits that meet ERISA requirements
• Preparing IRS Form 5500 and summary annual reports

We can provide services to clients with the following types of benefit plans:

• 401 (k) and 401 (a) plans
• Traditional pension plans
• Cash balance plans
• Employee stock option plans
• Disability plans
• Medical benefits plans
• Taft-Hartley plans
• Insurance plans

We are a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center (EPBAQC). The EPBAQC is a firm-based voluntary membership center for firms that audit employee benefit plans, including pension, health and welfare, and 401(K) plans subject to ERISA and the DOL.