At Hein & Associates, we are committed to achieving the highest quality audit possible. We understand the complexity of performing employee benefit plan audits and that’s why we have a dedicated team of auditors that possess the specialized knowledge and experience to help ensure compliance with the appropriate standards and changes in regulations that may impact your company’s employee benefit plan audit. We plan and execute our audits in a way that maximizes audit efficiency and quality and we offer your plan administrator and human resources personnel confidence in their plan reporting and compliance.

As a member of the American Institute of CPA’s Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center (the “Center”), we are committed to adhering to the highest quality standards by agreeing to the Center’s membership requirements, which include designating a partner responsible for our employee benefit plan audit practice, establishing quality control programs, performing annual internal inspection procedures, and making our peer review report findings publicly available. At Hein & Associates, we have a philosophy of continuous improvement to deliver the highest quality audit services possible. Additionally, we are a PCAOB registered firm, which affords us the ability to service plans with SEC filing requirements.

Our employee benefit plan audit services include:

• Pension and 401K plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) under the regulatory authority of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL); audited pursuant to GAAS
• Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs); audited pursuant to GAAS
• 11-K filers; audited pursuant to PCAOB Standards

We have specialized resources providing benefit plan audit services in each of our offices, including Houston, Dallas, Denver and Irvine. Our teams of experienced employee benefit plan auditors stay current in this highly technical practice area through participation in relevant organizations and events, such as:

• Members of the AICPA Employee Benefit Audit Quality Center
• Attendance at the annual AICPA National Conference on Employee Benefit Plans
• Members of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

For more information contact:

Houston Office
Kenny Grace
National Employee Benefit Plan Practice Leader
Phone 713.850.9814
kgrace@heincpa.com

Denver Office
Brian Mandell-Rice
Partner-in-Charge, Denver
Phone 303.298.9600
bmandell-rice@heincpa.com

Dallas Office
Megan McFarland
Audit Partner
Phone 972.458.2296
mmcfarland@heincpa.com

Southern California Office
Scott Appel
Partner-in-Charge, Southern California
Phone 949.428.0288
sappel@heincpa.com