Business View Magazine | September 2020

132 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 so that financial information and reports tell their story through numbers. Calibre is one of the only national firms specializing primarily in non-profit organizations, labor organizations, and employee benefit plans – in auditing, tax and accounting. The firm audits more multi- employer employee benefit plans that any other firm in the U.S. Roche describes how she brought her expertise to the firm. “I was with a smaller seven person firm, Roche & Associates, and in 2010 we merged with Calibre to bring our AFS services in to complement the audit and tax and consulting services they were already offering, and to grow our overall business together. When you do an audit, you come in after the client has completed their year and you look backwards to verify the accuracy of the historical information and transactions – the financial statements. With the AFS practice, we can serve a broader base of clients and we can add value by working with them throughout the year so they can be Karen A. Roche, CPA, Director of Calibre’s Accounting & Financial Services Group James C. Kokolas, CPA, Managing Partner