Matt Johnston, CPA, MSA

Experience

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  Heritage Food Service Group, Inc.

  May 2009 - Dec 2010

  Staff Accountant
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  Baldwin & Lyons, Inc.

  Jun 2011 - Dec 2012

  Staff Accountant
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  EY

  Jan 2013 - Mar 2014

  Staff 2, CPA
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  Baldwin & Lyons, Inc.

  Mar 2014 - Dec 2014

  Financial Reporting Manager
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  Slattery & Holman, P.C.

  Dec 2014 - Jul 2019

  Senior Tax and Financial Consultant

  - Develop close relationships with clients in manufacturing, insurance, professional services, and various other industries to provide clients with tax and financial statement improvements.- Prepare Compilations and Reviews of Financial Statements for clients with revenues between $5 million and $50 million, in accordance with SSARS.- Provide input and advice on improving accounting procedures to improve speed and efficiency of financial reporting for both internal and external users. This high level of attention to our clients allowed us to learn the business and its people to provide immediate value-add ideas.- In depth review of new Accounting Standard Updates and how they impact our clients, specifically, ASC 606 (Revenue Recognition) and ASC 842 (Leases). Provide initial training material for the firm in order for staff and senior-level positions to have the ability to consult with clients on the upcoming changes. Work with various team members to understand a client's specific transactions to see if there are any opportunities to improve reporting. - Provide tax consulting ideas to effectively manage overall Corporate and Individual tax liabilities. We prepared all levels of tax returns including C-Corp, S-Corp, Partnerships, single-member LLCs.- Detailed analysis on tax saving ideas included Qualified Business Income maximization, implications of new tax law and their impact on estimates, basis of accounting adjustments, inventory/costing procedures, and various others.- Served as Peer Review lead for firm Partner group. Responsibilities included understanding.- Assisted clients with securing long-term and short-term financing by assisting in the preparation of including bank presentations, projections/forecasts/financial modeling on future cash flows, and various other related tasks. Show less

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  Robert Half

  Jul 2019 - Apr 2020

  Recruiting Manager

  - Develop trusted relationships with clients and candidates to ensure long-term career goals and hiring needs are met.- Detailed dive into a candidates past to understand where they currently are now and where they want to be in the future. Discuss specific accounting and finance related background to understand key attributes and skills.- Labor consultant to clients by offering valuable insight into market conditions, candidate expectations, and to facilitate the hiring and onboarding process.- Conduct daily interviews and reference checks to ensure we are providing clients with top talent.- Market research, analysis, and advertising to be a trusted labor consultant to my valued network. Show less

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  Johnston Financial CPA, Inc.

  Apr 2020 - May 2020

  Principal

  Offering full-service consulting in tax, finance, and accounting to small and medium sized businesses and individuals.How is the relationship between you and your CPA? You deserve attention, communication, and trust to help keep your net-worth working at it's best.

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  AccountedFor

  May 2020 - now

  Bringing your business' accounting/finance function into the age of Cloud computing is our main focus. The end goal of making the accounting and finance function remains the same, while freeing up more of you and your organization's time to focus on customers and driving top-line revenue. By streamlining your accounting/finance function, AccountedFor is able to better position your business for an unlimited amount of value-add Virtual CFO services such as: - Reliable financials to secure financing during corporate acquisitions/sales.- Identifying tax planning strategies during capital acquisitions, expansions, and year-end tax planning.- Most importantly, identifying your organizations top priority from your accounting/finance function.AccountedFor is an industry leading online professional bookkeeping service in America for small businesses. We are a monthly subscription solution for small businesses, independent contractors, and entrepreneurs. AccountedFor invoices your clients, pays your vendors, processes your payroll, and reconciles all of your accounts to deliver clear and accurate financial reports, every month, automatically.Accounted for was founded out of Indianapolis by Jordan Sublette in 2019. We now service business owners and employ cloud accountants nationwide.Visit accountedforcpa.com to start your free trial. Show less

  • Chief Executive Officer

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Director of Accounting and Tax

    May 2020 - Feb 2023