Thomas R. Siders CPA, CGMA

Partner, L. Harris Partners

Tom Siders is a founding partner of L Harris Partners, a consultancy that helps CPA firms grow revenue, increase partner compensation and enhance firm value. Prior to founding L Harris Partners, Mr. Siders had a 35 year career with a top 5 CPA firm. For 25 years, he provided clients, in a variety of industries, with accounting, tax and business advisory services. For over 10 years he was a member of the firm's senior management team. In his client service role, in addition to traditional audit services, Mr. Siders assisted clients with mergers and acquisitions, business financing, fraud and forensic investigations, succession planning and owner exit strategies. He held numerous practice leadership roles throughout his 25 years in client service. He served on the AICPA Assurance Services Committee and was called to provide expert testimony before a Joint Taxation Subcommittee of the Iowa legislature regarding the impact of tax policies on closely-held manufacturers. In his senior management role, Mr. Siders was responsible for several of the Firm’s geographic business units and national practices. He led the creation and launch of the Firm’s federal government practice and managed the Firm’s wealth advisory and broker-dealer business.  Mr. Siders has broad CPA firm management experience in practice diagnostics, strategy development, annual business planning, and new niche service development. He also has expertise in the design and execution of partner and staff compensation systems and the use of balanced scorecard performance management systems, Mr. Siders has led several due diligence and merger integration projects and has designed and implemented new client acquisition and current client retention programs.


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