BMSS Member Michael Brand Awarded 2019 AICPA Outstanding Facilitator

BMSS, LLC is proud to announce that Member Michael Brand, CPA, CGMA has been named as an AICPA Outstanding Facilitator for the 2019 CPE Year. Known as a nationally acclaimed, accounting industry expert and speaker, this award represents just one of the many accolades Mike has received throughout his career. A resident of Athens, AL, Brand received his B.S. in accounting from the University of North Alabama in 1989 and has been in the practice of public accounting since graduation. During those years, he has been involved in all aspects of public accounting, with an emphasis in providing accounting, auditing and review services to clients in the for-profit, nonprofit and governmental sectors.

Brand is involved in various committees at both the state and national levels. He is a former member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Professional Ethics Executive Committee, is the past chair of the AICPA’s Accounting and Review Services Committee and the Alabama Society of CPA’s Peer Review Committee, and is the Chair-Elect for the ASCPA. Furthermore, Brand teaches continuing education classes across the country for state societies and individual firms and has received the AICPA’s Outstanding Discussion Leader Award multiple times along with the ASCPA’s Thomas A. Ratcliffe Outstanding Discussion Leader Award.

In addition to teaching, Brand regularly speaks at conferences nationwide and in various other countries. He conducts peer reviews across the United States and was formerly on the Peer Review Board, Joint Trial Board, and Quality Control Standards Task Force of the AICPA. He is the current co-chair of the Engage Conference (the AICPA’s largest conference held over multiple days with thousands of attendees).

“We are extremely proud of Mike’s continued success and thankful to have him on our team,” said BMSS CEO Don Murphy.

BMSS was established in Birmingham in 1991 and has grown to be one of Alabama’s Top 3 accounting firms. With an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset at our core, the firm’s ultimate mission is to provide peace of mind to our clients. BMSS specializes in several industries, including manufacturing, wholesale distribution, construction, technology, nonprofits and professional services. In addition to tax and audit, the firm offers robust practice areas in state and local tax, estate planning, employee benefit plan audits, and business advisory services. BMSS also provides services to public companies and is an independent member of the BDO Alliance USA, a nationwide association of independently owned local and regional accounting, consulting and service firms with similar client service goals. For more information, visit: www.BMSS.com.