By Wremongar Blojay Joe II,wremongarjoe@gmail.com
Crowe Liberia, LLC has formally launched its membership from TD Joseph & Associates to Crowe Global Network, becoming the 2nd largest international Accountant firm in Liberia.
Crowe Global Network is an integrated network of professional accounting and consultant firms which is ranked among the top ten international networks of professional Accounting and Consulting Services Firms.
A formal launch ceremony was held on the evening of Thursday, November 28, 2019 in the ball room of a local hotel in the Congo Town suburb of Monrovia.
Introducing the new partnership to a host of staff and dignitaries, Mr. Theo Dekontee Joseph, the Managing Partner and CEO of Crowe Liberia said that his firm was happy to have secured the partnership with one of the world’s most reputable forensic accounting networks in the world.
“For almost thirty years we’ve collectively and individually operated in the accounting and professional services market in Liberia. Operating as T. D. Joseph & Associates for the past three years, we’ve been privileged to be of service in the accounting and financial markets in Liberia. And you can guarantee that our service delivery has been exemplary as evident in detailed profile I have set out highlight in many areas,” Mr. Joseph said.
The leading Liberian CPA, Forensic Auditor and Tax expert further said: “Professionalism, responsiveness and quality service delivery” he noted would now be enhanced more affectively as general principles and hallmarks with which the firm intends to drive its delivery, stating that he has the experienced team of experts that can deliver quality, affordable and comprehensive financial services to “our various clients.”
Commenting to the staff profile of the Crowe Liberia LLC, the Managing Partner said the resources, experience and knowledge to handle clients’ engagements to the fullest could be rest assured as all of his senior members and staff hold internationally recognized professional credentials from the United States of America and the United Kingdom (UK).
Mr. Joseph explained that the team members of Crowe Liberia are as well members of internationally recognized and reputable accountancy and other professional bodies in the world including:– The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) of England and Wales, The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPAs), The New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJSSCPAS), The Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants (RISCPAs), The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) – USA, and The Association Forensic Certified Public Accountants (FCPA) –USA.
Crowe Liberia will regularly educate itself to be able to deliver quality forensic accounting services to its clients, the government and people of Liberia in making sound decision, according to Mr. Theo Joseph.
Liberia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Professor Wilson K. Tarpeh, who delivered the keynote address at the event, said that the accounting profession of Liberia has travelled a long, difficult journey to what is today.
“Nineteen years later, new people have taken the stage, more you professionals than before have entered the field and you have taken your rightful place,” said Minister Tarpeh .
The Commerce Minister thanked Mr Theo Dekontee Joseph and Crowe Liberia for making Liberia proud “by ensuring that an international accounting firm is present in the country.”
Prof. Tarpeh, who is also an experienced Liberia financial expert and former Finance Minister, also assured that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry “close support, advice and cooperation” to Crowe Liberia as it operates in Liberia.
Under the principles of “Delivering Results, Building Relationships and Living our Values’ Crowe Global Network which is ranked among the 10 best accounting firms worldwide with more than 200 independent accounting and advisory firms in more than 130 countries, global revenue of US$3.8 Billion, with 3,904 Partners and 32,636 professional staffs.
Joining Crowe Global network makes Crowe Liberia LLC formerly T. D. Joseph & Associates become one of the largest international network of accounting firms operating in Liberia (second only to PriceWaterhouseCoopers) with specialties in Audit, Tax, Advisory services.
In May 2019, Crowe Global’s Chief Executive Officer Mr. David Mellor writing from the Network’s headquarters in New York, USA, welcomed T.D. Joseph & Associates as a member firm of the network. He stated that “there are many benefits that come with being a member of Crowe Global – ranging from access to cross border client services to participation in best in-class training offerings and a whole lot more”.
The launch of Crowe Liberia, LLC was also graced by the Liberia Institute Certified Public Accountants (LICPA) in remarks hailed the new partnership as a realization of a long held dream.
LICPA President Victor Tarwone at the occasion the need to ensure that accounting services in Liberia are exclusively provided by local firms whom he boosted have the character and required qualification and experience to deliver.
“Under our leadership at the level of the LICPA, we will not accept this”, he noted stressing further that foreign accounting firms were taking away money from the economy that could be used to advance the accounting profession.
The launch of Crowe Liberia LLC from T.D. Joseph & Associates into the network followed months of rigorous reviews by Crowe Global of the operations of the firm its technical competency, professional qualifications of its senior management staffs and the quality of its completed engagements.
Mr. David Mellor, CEO of Crowe Global earlier this year stated that the network have certain expectations of its member firms such as commitment to a global brand, compliance to set forth policies and standards, adherence to common service standards and delivery model, and participation at practice development events.
The new partnership spells out specific relationship where common Crowe brand can be used, the caveat made that individual member firms will understandably have their own independent priorities and focus, albeit with absolute commitment to the network and fellow members.
These initial resources in the partnership are bound to provide insight to the Liberian accounting firm in fitting into the new arrangement that has promised expansion and enhanced professional efficiency in audit, tax related issues and business advisories to multinational clients.
Collectively and individually, the senior staff members of TD Joseph & Associates possess over twenty-five years of public accounting experience in Liberia, the United States of America, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
They have been a full service Accounting Firm with a practicing license in Liberia – and a member firm of the Liberian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (LICPA). TDJ & Associates’ Road Map for success can be traced to “Meeting the Challenges of the Accepted and Exceeding the Expected” in years of offering a broad selection of financial services to businesses, local and international non-governmental organizations and individuals.
It is recognized for providing more than just traditional accounting and auditing services, but also ideal solutions that enable businesses & individuals to become efficient and effective.
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