We are a team of CPAs and professional consultants who focus on keeping score, so that you can do what you do best, run your own business! We provide CFO for hire services, as well as accounting, bookkeeping, tax and other similar services for numerous small businesses. In addition, we provide tax preparation and tax planning services to individuals.
Allow us to help you expand your business beyond your wildest dreams. It all starts with putting your trust in us! We thrive from helping businesses excel in the financial and strategic aspects of entrepreneurship.
Organizational leadership is vital for a family business to successfully transition from one generation to the next. Our consultants work with owners and managers as trusted multigenerational advisers to enhance the return on investment and to facilitate the leadership transition.
We help you keep score with our Stoudt Associates Keep Score! program. Our goal is for you focus on being the CEO of your business. We will work with your accounting and bookkeeping staff or we can be your staff. Either way works for us! Each month, or quarter, we can reconcile your bank account and generate financial statements for you. These tasks form the solid foundation of your small business accounting system. Additionally you can customize the package of services you receive by adding tax planning, tax preparation, or any of our other services.
Michael J. Stoudt has built his career in the Lehigh Valley. Stoudt began his higher education journey with a Bachelor's in Accounting from Moravian College, MPA from Kutztown University and now currently enrolled in a Doctoral program in Organizational Development.
Stoudt began his professional career at Deloitte & Touche. In addition to nearly 25 years of public accounting firm experience, Stoudt has served as an executive and chief financial officer at a local college.
As a consultant and parttime CFO for his clients, Michael Stoudt has successfully assisted companies in securing bank financing, developing budgets, increasing profitability, designing compensation plans, and growing revenue. Stoudt’s passion is helping small and family owned businesses excel in managing their businesses while enjoying being a business owner. Mike has also been named a Dave Ramsey Endorsed Local Provider for tax preparation.
Kings College graduate, Curt Sannie, with 25 years of experience is a valuable asset to our firm. With his CPA and CGMA, Curt has held positions in both public accounting and corporate enterprises.
He has experience in monthly accounting services, auditing, tax preparation and planning services. He has additional experience in mergers and acquisitions. Curt’s previous employment has been at places such as Roadlink, Kerschner Homa & Sannie, PVH, and KPMG.
Michael Serrano is an Accountant at Stoudt Associates, LLC - Certified Public Accountants. In addition to providing accounting and tax services to small businesses and high net worth individuals, Michael oversees the firm's community investment initiatives.
These initiatives focus on the transformative nature of education. Michael has been continuing his education at Cedar Crest College with aims of the CPA Exam in coming years. Residing in the Valley for a number of years now, Michael, his wife Jocelyn, and their family enjoy many of the family friendly opportunities, such as LV Zoo, Baum School of Art, and DaVinci Center. Michael also serves on the board with The Young Professionals Council of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Bob joined Stoudt Associates LLC in 2013 with more than 50 years’ experience in accounting and bookkeeping services in both the public and private sectors.
Bob has been performing bookkeeping services for a variety of clients since his discharge from the Army in 1960; his areas of experience range from small loan finance, third-party paper, insurance, and state banking law, to Federal and state income tax returns with sole proprietors, C and S corporations, and tax-exempt organizations. In 1990, Bob and a partner formed Miller & Gibbs, an accounting firm handling payroll, audits, and inheritance returns in addition to standard accounting services. The firm absorbed into Stoudt Associates LLC in 2013 and Bob has since been a vital asset to the team there.
John joined the team at Stoudt Associates LLC in 2018 and offers more than 45 years of experience in family and farm organization returns, as well as construction, retail, and many other professional services.
John has held positions in both public accounting and corporate enterprises.
Luke Schaeffer received his undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Baltimore and went on to receive his MBA from Frostburg State University. He is currently sitting for the CPA exam.
Schaeffer began his professional career in public accounting with RSM. After several years in public accounting he made the transition to consulting with MorganFranklin on the assurance readiness team and helped the United States Marine Corps become the first Department of Defense Branch to ever receive a clean audit opinion.
Schaeffer then made the jump to corporate accounting and worked with two Fortune 500 companies. Working within corporate accounting Luke has significant experience in the monthly close process as well as financial statement preparation and quarterly reporting.
Esther Hulshizer has several years of accounting experience working with other CPA Firms and private companies including non-profits, and is a senior accountant. She has a BBA in Accounting from Temple University and is a certified ProAdvisor with QuickBooks. She works remotely in Plymouth Meeting.
Esther specializes in taxes, both individual and business, and payroll and monthly bookkeeping for a number of clients. Her future plan is to handle business returns with partnerships, LLC’s, and S-corps as well as providing advising.
Alex Izzo joined Stoudt Associates in 2019 while attending Moravian College where he received an undergraduate degree in Accounting. He is currently sitting for his CPA Exam while completing his MBA in Accounting at Moravian.
Alex specializes in tax preparation for individuals, partnership’s, LLC’s, and S-Corps while he is currently gaining experience in the field of farm accounting. As well, he is experienced in monthly accounting services including bank reconciliations, budget tracking, and assisting with month end closure. Alex is also a certified ProAdvisor with Quickbooks.
Eric Williams received his undergraduate degree from Moravian College in Business Management, with a Minor in Economics.
Eric had an internship with the Miller Symphony Hall in Allentown, PA with their Marketing department assisting with their budgeting and spending tracking. Shortly after Williams started an internship with Stoudt Associates, LLC where he started with marketing and social media. He then grew into an accountant role where he received a full time job and was given bookkeeping responsibilities as well as monthly bank reconciliation and payroll. He also gained tax preparation responsibilities for individuals and businesses.
Eric will also be assisting in marketing on social media, business development and networking in the Lehigh Valley area trying to connect with businesses and professionals to help expand the company.
We believe our community is better off when it supports education. Education transforms the lives of the student, his family and the community. Our firm is committed to strengthening our local educational communities. As such, we reinvest at least 5% of our gross revenue in local educational institutions, as well as serve on their governance boards.
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