Withum Announces 2018-19 Strength Awards

While Tara is focused on large consolidated C corporations and complex income tax provisions, she goes above and beyond with her clients, continuously bringing them added value. She has spent a significant amount of time and effort growing existing clients and new business development as well. She currently manages approximately $1.1 million of revenue as the acting partner on most of her engagements, while balancing a 70% flex schedule. Tara utilized her personal network to generate over $450k last year, with $273k in additional services to current clients.

Arya has established a great rapport with one of Withum Digital’s A list clients. Arya, along with his team, has overseen and successfully completed 11 projects with ManTech totaling $3,500,000 in revenue. He was instrumental in building a team which was the “secret sauce” behind many of the client’s modernization efforts.

Michelle devotes over 200 hours a year to Liquid Church and YWCA. Her major initiative in Liquid Church is the weekly mentoring sessions, where she meets with 15 girls to provide support, guidance, and direction. She also participates in summer activities and a yearly weekend retreat. In addition, Michelle was nominated to serve on the YWCA’S Next Gen Board and was named to its Executive Committee where she serves as Treasurer. She also participates in Withum’s efforts like WWOC and Fundraising Fridays, leveraging her social media presence to support worthy organizations.

Recognizing the need for greater efficiency with a third-party pricing service, Rob developed pricing templates suited for various niches, which senior managers and partners immediately implemented. He also developed an Excel macro which automates the recalculation of income allocations for both hedge and private equity funds, which will streamline the transition from audit to tax.

While working his “two jobs” of traveling to NYC to assist the Theatre team as well as servicing his Red Bank clients, Scott still finds time to be an informal and formal coach for many of Withum’s team members. Scott’s willingness to assist in the tax transition of the Theatre niche was exemplary as he dedicated himself to this new endeavor with an invigorated attitude.

Centralized Billing Team includes: Paula Black, A/R Centralized Biller; Barbara Juhass, A/R Centralized Biller; Rebecca Farrugia, Administrative; Danielle Novak, A/R Centralized Biller; Mark Grueninger, A/R Centralized Biller; Audra Picerno, Accounts Receivable; Denise Inverso, A/R Centralized Biller; Jamie Straube, A/R Centralized Biller

In July 2017, the Firm launched a new billing initiative where a centralized billing team would manage all partner billings using a weekly billing cycle. The team was selected from various offices and cost centers leaving their traditional roles behind to take on this challenge. Each CB member was assigned 5-6 partners per week with all invoices due each Friday. With new, uncharted territory for the Firm, the team’s positive “we won’t fail” attitude made them succeed in providing the Firm with more consistency in billing practices and cash flows.

Jessica was recognized for her exemplary attitude with helping with the onboarding process of the new DC office team members.