Steve McIntyre-Smith
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Steve
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905-842-2284 |
Look
out for Steve's new book, 'The Succession Planning Toolkit'
published by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in
2005. |
Steve has a 25 year history with the public accounting profession. His career started in the UK in 1980 when he joined a small 2 partner firm as a trainee, qualifying in 1983. With his designation in hand, he then joined a national firm of CAs.
When his previous 'report-to' left that national firm to establish his own practice, Steve was approached a year later to join him and open a second office. He did, and Steve quickly became a partner in that firm.
After the sale of that practice in 1989, Steve enjoyed a period as a sole practitioner before crossing over to consulting to CA firms in 1992.
He met Fiona (a Canadian, and now Steve's wife and business partner) in 1997 and came to live in Canada in 1998.
He quickly learned the recruiting business in the GTA, first as Director of Business Development with a long-established boutique firm who specialize in recruiting CAs for industry, at Queen and Bay in downtown Toronto, and then as Vice President of a national executive search firm, as head of the accounting & finance practice.
Steve walked away from the 'rat race' to establish his own 'boutique' practice, serving only public accounting firms, in May 2003, and is already acknowledged by many as THE leading expert in public accounting growth, recruiting, mergers and acquisitions.
Steve is a member of the faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, a member of Mensa (the high IQ society) and the Institute of Direct Marketing. He is also an award-winning marketer for accounting firms, a sought-after public speaker and the author of several best-selling eBooks for public accounting firms.
His first 'real' book (as opposed to an e-book) comes out in 2005, being published by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, called 'The Succession Planning Toolkit'. Keep a look out for news of release dates on the CICA web site and, of course, in CA Magazine.
He is also the creator of the client service program: 'Towards Awesome Client Service' - in use in accounting firms around the world - and also heads our merger & acquisition service for public accounting firms.
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Steve is also a resident columnist for Canada's leading Accounting Newspaper, 'The Bottom Line'. His consulting work takes him literally around the world (for example: in September 2004 he spoke at a number of seminars for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh, and has spoken to many groups of CPAs in the USA, and numerous CA firms across the UK and Canada). |
His 'down-to-earth', approachable manner is often stated as a breath of fresh air by many who entrust their recruiting, M & A, marketing or coaching and other projects to him and his staff.
To speak with Steve about your options, be they a desire to grow by merger or acquisition, organically through marketing, or to discuss coaching and mentoring individuals or groups within your firm or to discuss your next career move or hiring needs, in confidence, call his office today at 905-842-2284, or you can email him at steve@mfagroup.com.
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