•EMERGE CERTIFIED :PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Our Story Sedrick D. Blake, CPA, EMBA, the Chief Executive Officer of Emerge CPA has over 25 years of experience providing audit, accounting and consulting experience in the governmental sector. Prior to founding Emerge CPA, Mr. Blake headed the Internal Audit Department for the City of St. Louis responsible for auditing a billion-dollar annual city's budget. It was during this time when Mr. Blake became increasingly concerned regarding the quality of the financial consulting and access to good accounting services not-for-profit entities were receiving. A New Beginning In 2008 Emerge CPA was formed with the principle goal for providing good sound Public Housing Authority consulting and dependable accounting se_ices. Since 2008, Emerge has provided these services to over 75 housing authorities across the country. There have been a number of authorities which Emerge CPA has assisted from troubled to high performers. This transformation of these operations required a combination of implementing sound management and internal controls coupled with meaningful accounting services. However, it has been our experience that as we go through the year-end close process and later the audit process that we often get auditors who do not know PHA accounting. Therefore, the members of our firm have spent countless numbers of hours over the years training auditors to audit PHAs. Continuation of Seices There are many impo^ant reasons an annual audit is required. However, none of the reasons is to intimidate staF and write meaningless findings simply to write a finding. Our firm views the audit process as an opportunity to have trained professionals with an in-depth understanding of HUD, GAAP and business assist to improve audit controls, books and records. This can result in enhanced operations, improved cash-flow and assist in keeping in compliance with funding sources requirements. Oldest and largest does not mean best If a decision to hire a CPA is based on the number of audits performed or how long a firm has been in business, there are 2 nd and 3 rd generation firms which would command your audit which does not necessarily mean that those firms are the right firms for your authority to hire. Emerge has been exclusively performing accounting and consulting to PHAs for the last 15 years. Our people have extensive audit experience. Emerge believes the required audit process should not be just a necessary annual unpleasant requirement; it should be a time where the authority can review its past year's performance to make plans to make the next year better.
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