Cleveland Financial Services

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, has once again been named a World Class Customer Service award winner, as presented by Smart Business Magazine. With this year’s award, Skoda Minotti became one of only four companies to have won this award in each of the five years since its inception.

“At Skoda Minotti, a key component of our firm’s vision is to create a culture of continually improving client service,” says Skoda Minotti partner, Mike Trabert, CPA. “This...

CLEVELAND – Now in its 19th year, the Lake-Geauga Fast Track 50 Award will once again recognize the 50 fastest growing companies in Lake and Geauga Counties. Winners of the award will be based on average sales and employment growth from 2006 through 2010. This year’s nomination form can be found online at: www.fasttrack50.org.

To be eligible to receive the award, companies must be located in the two-county region, be organized as a for-profit business, and must have a sales profit for 2006 of, at...

Summary of Responsibilities: 

• Will be part of a team that provides strategic input and analytical support regarding a portfolio of direct real estate investments. 

About the company:

• Our client is a dynamic and fast-growing private financial services company based in Cleveland, Ohio

Essential Functions:

• Perform financial analysis of real estate investment assets.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders including partners, advisors, lenders, lawyers and accountants.
• Participate in committee...

 Summary of Responsibilities:

•  To assist managing the business through the control and proper recording and reconciliation of financial transactions, evaluating and instituting of sound internal controls and maintaining accurate financial records to support the company's financial reporting, document and ensure compliance with company policy and procedures.

About the company: 

• Our client is a dynamic and fast-paced private manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Essential Functions:

• Business analysis...

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm with offices in Cleveland and Akron, has been named a recipient of the 2011 Leading EDGE Award. Presented by Crain’s Cleveland Business and The Entrepreneur’s EDGE, this award recognizes companies that have consistently generated value to the Northeast Ohio economy over the past three years.

Uniquely positioned to provide business and financial advisory services to companies of differing sizes and industries...

 Summary of Responsibilities:

• Will be part of a team that provides strategic input and analytical support regarding a portfolio of direct real estate investments. 

About the company: 

• Our client is a dynamic and fast-growing private financial services company based in Cleveland, Ohio

Essential Functions:

• Perform financial analysis of real estate investment assets.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders including partners, advisors, lenders, lawyers and accountants.
• Participate in committee...

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti is pleased to announce an educational not-for-profit seminar, featuring nationally recognized not-for-profit expert Dick Larkin, as well as other industry experts, on June 21, from 7:45-11:30 a.m. at 700 Beta Banquet and Conference Center in Mayfield Village. The seminar is free-of-charge.

Larkin is the Technical Director for Not-for-Profit accounting and auditing for the Institute for Nonprofit Excellence in the Washington, D.C. office of BDO USA, LLP. Previously he was...

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, with offices in Cleveland and Akron, has recently received federal and state recognition for demonstrating leadership and policies that support employee participation in the National Guard and Reserve. Doug Lundblad, client network engineer in Skoda Minotti’s Technology Services Group, serves as First Sergeant for Company B, 1st- 145th Armor Regiment of the Ohio Army National Guard.

On a national level, the firm has been...

Tax Analyst Job Description:

• Prepare and file international tax compliance forms and disclosures within the US federal income tax return, such as forms 5471, 8858, 1118, etc.. including calculations of Subpart F, foreign E&P, foreign tax credit and Section 987 within the required time limit established by the taxing authority.
• Assist as needed in the preparation and filing of foreign, federal, state and local income tax returns, and property tax returns within the required time limit established...

CFO Job Description:

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) provides both operational and programmatic support to the organization.  The CFO supervises the finance unit and is the chief financial spokesperson for the organization.  The CFO reports directly to the President and is responsible for all strategic and tactical matters as they relate to budget management, cost benefit analysis, forecasting needs and the securing of new funding.

CFO Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in performing all tasks...

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti’s Professional Staffing Group is pleased to announce that it has expanded its professional staffing services. The group now provides services for contract, direct hire or term-to-hire positions, ranging from staff level to C-level executives, within the following areas of specialization:accounting and finance, C-level executives, engineering, human resources, information technology and sales and marketing.

Leading the newly expanding service offerings is Andrew Devore, a...

Job Opening Title: Senior Corporate Accountant

Position Summary: Prepare monthly financial reporting, and quarterly and annual preparation for external reporting requirements, including assistance and coordination with external auditors.

Job Description:         

• Prepare initial formats of quarterly press release, 10-Q, annual report, 401K statements and other required filings, and assists with final documents.
• Assists in quarterly and year-end audit process.
• Prepares and analyzes financial...

April 13, 2011 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm with offices in Cleveland and Akron, is pleased to announce that Robert D. Coode has been appointed to the Lake Health Foundation Board of Trustees.

Lake Health Foundation is the philanthropic affiliate of Lake Health. On behalf of the health system, the Foundation accepts contributions of cash and appreciated property. Donations are used to enhance patient care, including the support of projects that improve...

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of information technology firm Computer Troubleshooters Independence. The acquisition increases the size and capabilities of Skoda Minotti’s rapidly growing Information Technology Services Group.

Computer Troubleshooters’ staff complements Skoda Minotti’s existing service offerings with a wide range of information technology capabilities and expertise, including:

• Managed Services
• VoIP:...

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti is pleased to announce one new hire to its Small Business Services Group:
Alexandra Goodrich – Goodrich joins the firm as paraprofessional in Skoda Minotti’s Small Business Services Group. In this role, she will provide outsourced bookkeeping support for the Kidney Foundation and Epilepsy Association in Cleveland, Ohio. Goodrich also currently works as bookkeeper for the Lake Humane Society.

Skoda Minotti’s Small Business Services Group assists small- to mid-size...

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti is pleased to announce the launch of its fourth annual survey of the Northeast Ohio real estate and construction industries. The goal of the survey is to provide professionals in the real estate and construction industries in Northeast Ohio with invaluable insight into their industries.

“We received record participation in our 2010 survey and are looking to improve on that number once again in 2011,” said Roger Gingerich, CPA/ABV, CVA, partner-in-charge of Skoda...

This month's Special Delivery E-Newsletter includes the following articles:

• Key Provisions in the New Tax Act
• What Business Entity is Best for You?
• Tax Breakdown of Interest Expenses
• Summary of Key Tax Changes for 2011
• New Tax Relief Act Creates Dramatic Gifting Opportunities
• Many Smaller Employers Will Have to Use EFTPS for Payroll Tax Deposits
• Aurum Capital Markets Summary
• Understanding the Energy Efficient Deduction
• College Planning
• Audio Book Club

Key Provisions in the New Tax Act

The recent tax...

This issue of the Real Estate Monitor includes the following articles:

• Understanding the Energy Efficient Tax Deduction
• New Requirements for Asbestos Surveys from the Ohio Department of Health
• Housing: Affordability of Home Ownership
• Deductions: Passive Losses
• Mortgage Loans: New Rules
• Housing: Residential Ground Leases
• Securities: No Liability Under Securities Exchange Act
• Cleveland Market Overview

Understanding the Energy Efficient Tax Deduction

Skoda Minotti, along with CLS Facility Services, invites...

December 20, 2011 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Michael Trabert, CPA, CVA, CMAP, a partner with Skoda Minotti’s Transaction Advisory Services Group has recently earned the Chartered Merger & Acquisition Professional (CMAP) credential, awarded by the Middle Market Investment Banking Association (MMIBA) and endorsed by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA).

MMIBA is an organization established to...

This issue of the Real Estate Monitor includes the following articles:

• Survey of Northeast Ohio's Construction & Real Estate Industries
• Communicating the Value of Development Projects Through Economic Impact Analysis
• The Outlook for Construction and Real Estate
• Commercial Real Estate: How Will Refinancing Take Place?
• Proposed New Accounting Rules
• Due Diligence: Purchase With Care
• Leases Checking: Property Tax Invoices 
• Upholding a Letter of Intent
• Cleveland Market Overview

Survey of Northeast Ohio's...