ABOUT THE FIRM
Ahuja and Clark (A&C) brings to their clients more than 20 years of tax consulting, accounting experience, and advisory services. Our mission is to ensure that our clients receive quality services that assist them in meeting their goals. Ahuja & Clark, PLLC focuses on bookkeeping, tax consulting and compliance services, as well as providing assistance with management consulting. Ahuja & Clark, PLLC’s experience includes bookkeeping, tax returns and federal/state tax advice for individuals, small businesses, professional service providers including attorneys, architectural/engineers, consultants and physician practices. We have also provided similar services for manufacturers, distributors, high tech companies, municipalities, staffing companies and leasing companies.
Character counts. Trust is paramount. Objectivity is critical.
Ahuja & Clark has its sights set firmly on delivering outstanding client service, keeping their core values at the forefront of their thinking and operations. The attitudes, experiences and skills brought to each engagement are vital elements in successful relationships and engagements.
MADHU AHUJA, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFE
PRESIDENT
Madhu Ahuja is the Founder and Managing Member of Ahuja & Clark, PLLC. She has specialized in assisting her clients with federal, state, and local taxation, business valuations, federal and state/local audit appeals, and voluntary disclosure projects (including Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program OVDP/Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative OVDI and Foreign Bank Account Reporting FBAR). See Madhu’s full resume here.
CAROLYN BREMER, CPA
MANAGING DIRECTOR, Advisory Department
Carolyn Bremer is the Managing Director of the Advisory Department at Ahuja & Clark, PLLC. She brings over 20 years of experience in public accounting and forensic accounting. She specializes in fraud investigations, business disputes, financial analysis, and compliance consulting. See Carolyn’s full resume here.
DR. ANTHONY CECIL, CPA, CFE
CONSULTANT
Anthony Cecil is an Advisory Consultant at Ahuja & Clark, PLLC and has over 35 years of public accounting, auditing, and forensic accounting experience. He specializes in complex financial investigations, forensic accounting, financial analysis, compliance consulting, and litigation support. He works with a wide range of clients and industries to include legal counsel, private and public companies and governmental agencies. He also teaches graduate courses in Forensic Accounting, Financial Investigations and Fraud Auditing.
STACEY HUSER
MANAGER – ACCOUNTING
Stacey has over twenty years experience in the field of accounting, having worked in both public accounting and private industry. As the Accounting Manager for Ahuja & Clark, PLLC, she oversees the audit, forensic, and general accounting areas of the practice.
JIM KENNEDY, CPA
MANAGER – ACCOUNTING
Jim has over twenty-five years of experience in Controller and CFO roles in public and private firms ranging in size from $2 million to over $500 million in annual revenue. In addition, he has experience in FP&A reporting in a large publicly held company. He has experience in manufacturing, real estate and SaaS industries. In addition, he has over four years experience at a “Big 4” Accounting Firm and is a CPA. He is responsible for managing the general accounting area of the practice.
DIVYA SHETTY, CPA
TECHNICAL REVIEW MANAGER
Divya joined A&C as a staff accountant. She has 10+ years of combined work experience in bookkeeping, accounting, internal and external audit and tax matters. She has worked as audit executive for 4+years in a CPA firm in Singapore and 3 years in Audit firm in India and 3 years in a pharmaceutical company in India.
DEVON KWANDE, CPA
TAX MANAGER
Devon has over 14 years of Accounting, Financial Management, Tax compliance and Consulting experience gained from both public accounting and private Industry.
He specializes in tax compliance, tax planning and tax strategy for businesses and individuals. He is responsible for managing Tax matters for entities in receivership, bankruptcy or winding up.
He has experience in tax compliance and risk matters for large sized section 501[c] organizations and their affiliates including private foundations.
Devon also consults on executive and broad-based compensation and incentives planning and design.
ROSS BELSOME
ADVISORY MANAGER
Ross Belsome is the Manager of the Advisory Department at Ahuja & Clark, PLLC. Ross has over 10 years of experience in financial advisory. He specializes in business valuation, litigation support, forensic accounting, and bankruptcies. He has worked for a wide range of industries, including energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and hospitality.
LINU DAYARAN KANDY
SENIOR STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Linu Dayaran Kandy is a Senior Tax Accountant at Ahuja & Clark, PLLC and has 7+ years of experience in tax compliance and has experience in individual and business compliances, including federal, state and international filings.
KIRAN WALIA
SENIOR STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Bio Coming Soon.
ARTI KATHIRIYA
SENIOR TAX ACCOUNTANT
Arti Kathiriya has over 7+ years of accounting and tax experience including 3 years as reviewer in public accounting. She has a knowledge of financial accounting, financial reporting, tax compliance of federal, state and international filing.
NATASHA TOETEBERG-HARMS
SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Natasha brings over 5 years of experience to Ahuja & Clark, having most recently worked as a Senior Consultant within the Forensics practice of a large public accounting firm in Zürich, Switzerland. Natasha’s project experience includes topics of corporate compliance, regulatory compliance assessments, bribery and corruption investigations, financial statement fraud, procurement fraud, and accounting irregularities. Her skills include project management of large and complex multinational projects and advising and assisting clients on fraud risk management..
JARED KLEINPETER
SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Jared has over 7 years of experience in Accounting and financial analysis. Jared holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Southeastern Louisiana University.
JEANNE-MARIE BLEVINS
STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Jeanne-Marie joined A&C in February of 2015 and currently holds the position of Staff Accountant. Jeanne-Marie serves as support in the Advisory Department, providing forensic accounting services and more. She is highly skilled in data analytics, extremely detail-oriented and holds more than 10 years of accounting experience.
JENNIFER WALLACE
STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Bio Coming Soon.
SHAMSHER KAUR
STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Bio Coming Soon.
KELLY SHARP
STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Bio Coming Soon.
VIHA PURNIMA
STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Bio Coming Soon.
DAWN PETERSON
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Dawn joined A&C with years of varied administrative experience. Her past roles in the fields of education, research, and as an executive assistant have given Dawn the skills to support A&C as our Project Coordinator.
CHAD SELLERS
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Bio Coming Soon.
DEBORAH DENISON
OFFICE MANAGER
Since joining A&C, Deborah has tackled complex bookkeeping assignments for several clients. She is also very knowledgeable regarding payroll taxes and EFTPS. Along with the workload, Deborah has taken over the responsibilities as A&C’s Office Manager. She handles invoicing, billing and collections for A&C. Experience:Education/Certificates: Online QuickBooks
GENEVA NEWTON
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Geneva Newton is the administrative support for the A&C team. She has over 8 years of experience of administrative work including a number of years as an executive administrative assistant. She is proficient at using MS Office suite along with GSuite.
LEADING MINDS. LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
The Basic Approaches to Valuing Privately Held Businesses
If you own a privately held business, you will likely encounter a situation where you need to know how [...]
Business Incentives: Employee Retention Credit
A lot of businesses suffered negative impacts due to COVID-19. In the midst of all the COVID-19 business interruptions [...]
The Fractional CFO
The typical startup is born in an entrepreneurial environment driven by one or two individuals. The primary if not [...]
If It Sounds Too Good To Be True
It Sounds Too Good To Be True…….A Fraud Investigator’s Favorite Red Flag! If it sounds just too good to [...]