Our Approach
Client Focused Approach
We see our client relationships as partnerships and our clients as a part of our Team. How we treat our clients is based on how we would want to be treated as someone else’s client. Here is what you can expect from us:
Active Partner Involvement in Client Engagements
At most firms, active partner involvement is very rare on any engagement. With Bauer & Company the engagement partner will spend a significant amount of time providing client service, not just supervising from afar. Our model ensures that experienced personnel, with Big 4 and other large accounting firm experience, are the primary client contacts. This allows us to quickly and effectively address any client concerns that arise, keeping the engagement running smoothly from start to finish.
We Will Meet Your Deadlines
We understand that each audit has a deadline and management of our clients doesn’t want to ask their bank, investors or regulators for extensions. We make sure that we understand your completion requirements and do everything we can to assist our clients completing the engagement prior to the deadline.
Upfront Planning
The success and efficiency of every audit is based on our audit team planning and ensuring that our clients are ready for the audit to start. We believe it is our responsibility to manage this process through regular and timely communication so that each audit is completed quickly and efficiently, so our clients can go to focusing on the operations and finances of their business.
Experienced and Repeating Project Teams
Prior to forming Bauer & Company, our managers and partner worked together for over 6 years and have every intention of staying together for years to come. We do everything we can to keep the same team on each project to improve efficiency and learn our clients business so we can be a valuable resource to them. Our project teams are structured with Partners, Managers and Experienced Associates, which is similar to the format used by the Big 4 accounting firms.
No Surprise Fee Structure
Fees are an important part of any professional service relationship. Most audit engagements are structured with a flat fee arrangement. This ensures that we are incentivized to be efficient and meet your deadlines and in exchange our clients feel like they receive high value for the fees paid.