by Jan Cottingham 12/3/2018 12:00 am
Three major mergers involving Arkansas companies over the past year have shuffled this year’s list of largest accounting firms in Arkansas considerably.
by Arkansas Business Staff 1/22/2018 12:00 am
John Brock has joined McIlroy Keen Goodman in Little Rock as a staff accountant. Ginger Meister and Cale W. Turner have been made partners of the HoganTaylor public accounting firm.
by Arkansas Business Staff 9/22/2017 5:19 pm
Accounting firms JPMS Cox of Little Rock and HoganTaylor of Oklahoma announced Friday they will merge on Jan. 1, then operate under the HoganTaylor name.
by Arkansas Business Staff 8/8/2016 12:00 am
Damon Meyer has joined Crews & Associates of Little Rock as vice president for fixed-income compliance.
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/21/2016 12:00 am
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by Arkansas Business Staff 1/25/2016 12:00 am
Mark Barnett Jr. has been hired to lead the new Jonesboro location of EGP PLLC Certified Public Accountants & Consultants. As branch director, Barnett will spearhead the firm’s efforts in accounting, auditing and financial consulting services for businesses and individuals.
by Rosemary Hallmark 3/3/2015 12:00 am
Mary Ellen Irons is not your typical accountant. She doesn’t dress like you might expect an accountant to dress. There are stripes painted on the walls of her office at JPMS Cox, where she is a partner. The shelves hold small sculptures and the walls are covered with artwork. Some might think that art and numbers don’t always mix, but Irons couldn’t have one without the other.
by Arkansas Business Staff 12/1/2014 12:00 am
Gary Cooper has been a featured speaker for the Arkansas State Society of Certified Public Accountants, Lorman Education Services and the National Business Institute. He is the managing partner of JPMS Cox, the state’s fourth-largest accounting firm.
by Arkansas Business Staff 10/28/2013 12:00 am
Phillip W. Cox, who has worked in public accounting since 1970, says the biggest challenge in his career was learning that clients want more in an accountant than a “numbers person.” People, Cox said, “want someone they can connect with on a truly personal basis.”
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/19/2012 12:00 am
Maria Smedley has been promoted to vice president of human resources at the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives Inc. in Little Rock.
by Arkansas Business Staff 11/12/2012 12:00 am
Jim Liles and Sandy Cothran have joined the Searcy office of Crews & Associates. Liles has 32 years of experience in the investment banking industry, and Cothran has 15 years of experience. Working together, the two have served Searcy and the surrounding area for more than 12 years.
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