Brad Hermes, CPA, partner for Sikich accounting services, has experience serving private, closely-held business and their owners. His service approach focuses on understanding and listening to management’s needs in order to provide timely and effective service with a focus on increasing efficiency within financial reporting and analysis. Brad assists clients in areas such as:
- Assurance and consulting services focusing on financial statement audits and reviews
- Aiding in increasing efficiency within financial reporting, analysis functions and other areas of business
- Mergers and acquisitions consulting, including transaction structure, due diligence and quality of earnings reporting
- Leader of the Construction and Real Estate vertical for the Milwaukee office
- Manufacturing and Distribution vertical team
- Experience with technical issues relating to software developers, including revenue recognition, multiple element arrangements and software capitalization
- Experience with Employee Stock Ownership Plans and working with ESOP owned companies
- Audits of employee benefit plans
Affiliations
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Waukesha County Business Alliance
- Construction Financial Management Association
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
