SYRACUSE — Bowers & Company CPAs PLLC today announced it has merged with Poulsen & Podvin CPAs P.C. of Watertown.
Neither firm released the financial terms of their merger agreement.
The merged firm will include 17 partners and employ more than 60 people total, the Bowers firm said in a news release.
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Syracuse–based Bowers & Company serves clients in 35 states and throughout upstate New York. Poulsen & Podvin works with clients in the Watertown area and Northern New York, according to the Bowers firm.
The combination is a “very natural fit” for the two organizations, allowing Bowers & Company to expand its office and personnel in Watertown, Mike D’Avirro, co-managing partner of Bowers & Company, said in the news release.
“This will double our firm’s size in Watertown, allowing us to continue to make investments in the Watertown/North Country market,” D’Avirro noted.
Richard (Dick) Poulsen and Laurie Podvin, who founded Poulsen & Podvin CPAs in 1990, will become partners in Bowers & Company, the firm said.
“I look forward to … providing more services to our clients, and to continue the growth of our firm,” Poulsen said in the news release.
Founded in 1977, Bowers & Company operates offices in the AXA Tower I in downtown Syracuse and in the Marcy Building in Watertown.
The Bowers firm works with clients in industry groups that include manufacturing, retail, professional services, construction, community banks, real estate, transportation, and convenience stores.
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