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Atlanta Accounting Firm BNKJ Joins Carr Riggs & Ingram
The CRI-BNKJ merger strengthens CRI’s position as one of the nation’s leading benefit plan audit service providers. Collectively, the two firms perform more than 450 benefit plan audits annually. Along with its current offerings, BNKJ can now deliver ...
Mar. 01, 2017
Top 25 CPA and advisory firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC (CRI) has added to its Atlanta team by merging local firm Babush, Neiman, Kornman & Johnson, LLP (BNKJ). BNKJ joins CRI’s Atlanta office and the expanded team becomes one of the top 15 largest accounting firms in Atlanta.
“The CRI-BNKJ merger marks our third Atlanta expansion in the last five years,” stated William H. Carr, chairman and managing partner of CRI. “We are proud of the investments and advancements that our firm is – and will continue – making in this thriving city.”
The CRI-BNKJ merger strengthens CRI’s position as one of the nation’s leading benefit plan audit service providers. Collectively, the two firms perform more than 450 benefit plan audits annually. Along with its current offerings, BNKJ can now deliver additional specialty services such as IT audits and assurance. Plus, with its new access to CRI’s portfolio companies, the BNKJ team can deliver investment banking and service organization control (SOC) reporting services to their clients.
“This merger furthers CRI’s strategic goal of being a major powerhouse in the Atlanta market and the Southeast – where we can expect the firm to continue expanding through organic growth, additional mergers, and high-level strategic hire,” said Allan D. Koltin, chief executive officer of Koltin Consulting Group, who advised both firms on the merger. “More than a dozen firms—national, regional, and local—have approached BNKJ due to its client base and reputation in the market, but the BNKJ team felt that CRI provided the best culture fit and the best launching pad for their young talent and the greatest array of services for their clients.”