Largest locally-owned firm in mid-Michigan is using
integrated cloud-based and mobile solutions from
Wolters Kluwer to create a better work-life balance
for its employees and compete for top talent.
Maner Costerisan Competes for Top Talent with Cloud-Based CCH Axcess™
1. Maner Costerisan Key Data:
ll Founded in 1906
ll Headquartered in Lansing, MI
ll More than 80 employees
ll Affiliate of BDO Alliance USA
ll Specializing in nonprofit and government accounting,
individual tax and business services
Maner Costerisan Competes
for Top Talent with Cloud-Based
CCH Axcess™
Largest locally-owned firm in mid-Michigan is using
integrated cloud-based and mobile solutions from
Wolters Kluwer to create a better work-life balance
for its employees and compete for top talent.
For more than 100 years, Maner Costerisan has provided
accounting and tax services to individuals, businesses, nonprofit
organizations and government entities. Over that time, the firm
has grown into the largest locally-owned firm in mid-Michigan,
serving more than 4,000 clients. The firm has kept its competitive
edge in part by improving processes and technology to adapt to
a changing industry.
We have the full tax research library from Wolters Kluwer
and also use CCH®
IntelliConnect®
, CCH®
ProSystem fx®
Practice Management, CCH®
ProSystem fx®
Engagement
for all of our audits, and CCH®
ProSystem fx®
Tax for our tax
preparation and compliance needs. I would say we’re very
much a Wolters Kluwer firm.
James McNeeley
Principal, Maner Costerisan
Currently, the firm is migrating from the CCH®
ProSystem fx®
Suite
to the CCH Axcess cloud-based solution, starting with CCH Axcess™
Document. According to McNeeley, the move to CCH Axcess
Document was not difficult, and the solution was very easy to learn.
The actual switchover was very quick. With the data analysis
tool, they can tell when the data is ready to go. Once our data
was ready, it was effortless. They just ran it through their system,
and it was available to us right away. We did full training sessions
for our staff, which had us running efficiently in no time. If you
had to, though, you could get someone familiar with CCH Axcess
Document with just a few minutes of explanation.
Cloud-based solutions provide employees
with better work-life balance
Today’s professionals want to be able to achieve a lot in their
careers, without neglecting family and home life. McNeeley
explained how their move to CCH Axcess may help them
compete for top employees in an ever tightening labor market
for accounting professionals.
The economy seems like it’s really opened up over the last year
or so. When I talk to the staff, they tell me they’re contacted
by three to four headhunters a week offering them new
opportunities. So anything we can do to improve their lifestyles
helps us compete.
In addition, the firm decided to move to the cloud and help people
have a better work-life balance.
We decided to move to the cloud because we have more and
more people in our firm that are looking for a better work-life
balance. We have a number of nontraditional schedules for
people that want to spend less time in the office yet still do the
work and meet their responsibilities. With remote capabilities,
cloud solutions like CCH Axcess are just a better fit. They’re not
dependent on bandwidth or VPN connections.