Malin Bergquist – one of Western Pennsylvania’s largest accounting firms – is one of just a handful in the region that provides audit and consulting services to public companies and is registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Our team of experts regularly is sought by clients for compliance help with the complex laws and regulations established by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the PCAOB and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The firm has served public companies since the early 1990s.

Key Highlights

• Significant experience in diverse industries
• The firm was one of only about 25% PCAOB registered firms to receive a “clean” opinion in its most recent board inspection
• An energy company has used our firm to undertake an initial public offering
• Malin Bergquist is a member of CPAmerica International, giving clients access to broader talent and resources nationally
• Partners are closely involved in all engagements and place great value on relationships
• Malin Bergquist provides “second auditor” services for clients given the government’s regulatory emphasis on external auditor independence.
• Audits are scheduled around clients’ timeframes, not the firm’s convenience
• Audit fees are very competitive and do not exceed estimates for three years
• The firm has a 98 percent client retention rate and a 90 percent staff retention rate, providing clients with great continuity and team depth
• The firm’s experts often are quoted in news media stories about vital public company trends

Public Company Audit Services

• Audits of financial statements and quarterly  reviews
• Audits of management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting
• Work directly with the SEC on client issues to ensure correct accounting treatment and interpretation of SEC rules and regulations
• Industry expertise in areas of manufacturing, technology, publication, insurance, oil/gas, environmental remediation and start-up ventures
• IPO experience:  work with company underwriters, attorneys, and other firms

Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Readiness Services

• Direct consulting for 404/internal control compliance
• Key control rationalization
• Hands-on SOX experience from within industry
• Outsourced internal audit function/temporary help
• Testing of key controls to prepare for management’s assessment of controls
• IT expertise to ensure that effective IT controls are in place and working
• SAS 70 reviews
• Remediation assistance
• SOX 404 knowledge transfer

Tax and Other Services

• Tax compliance
• Tax planning and strategy
• Employee benefit plans
• SEC consulting services
• Due diligence for M&A
• Valuation services
• International audit services (as needed for SEC clients)
• Comfort letters
• SEC preferability letters
• Other value added services (e.g., risk-based topics, fraud investigation, etc.)
• Assistance with technical accounting (e.g., FIN 48)