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

SENIOR MANAGER

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

ACCOUNTING MANAGER 
 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

KIRAN WALIA

SENIOR STAFF ACCOUNTANT

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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.

NATASHA TOETEBERG-HARMS, CPA, CFE

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..

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

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SHAMSHER KAUR

STAFF ACCOUNTANT

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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

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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.

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