Dannible & McKee, LLP recently announced the promotion of the following professional staff members. ABBY K. SWEERS has been promoted to tax manager. She joined the firm in 2019 after interning in 2017 and 2018. Sweers graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA from Le Moyne College in 2018. She is responsible […]
Dannible & McKee, LLP recently announced the promotion of the following professional staff members.
ABBY K. SWEERS has been promoted to tax manager. She joined the firm in 2019 after interning in 2017 and 2018. Sweers graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA from Le Moyne College in 2018. She is responsible for the preparation and review of various individual and corporate tax engagements, including tax planning and compliance. Sweers, a CPA, specializes in the construction and manufacturing industries, along with multi-state entities and high-net-worth individuals.
ALEXIS M. LAYO has been promoted to tax supervisor. She joined the firm in 2013. Layo graduated from Niagara University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 2011 and from Le Moyne College with an MBA in 2012. She is responsible for overseeing various individual and corporate-tax engagements, including tax closings, tax planning, and compliance. Layo specializes in the architectural/engineering and health care industries, along with high-net-worth individuals. She is also a QuickBooks ProAdvisor.
CHRISTINE N. PETRONE has been promoted to accounting services supervisor. She joined the firm in 2016 and is responsible for managing multiple client accounts. Her services include accounts receivable, accounts payable, bank and investment account reconciliations, tracking assets and recording accumulated depreciation, preparing budgets and accrual-basis financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and maintaining accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures. Petrone is also a QuickBooks ProAdvisor. She graduated from Cazenovia College in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in professional studies in business management and holds a certificate in management and supervision.
NATHAN T. MERULLA has been promoted to audit senior. He joined the firm in 2020 as a full-time employee after working as an intern the year prior. Merulla, a CPA, is responsible for performing audits, reviews, compilations, and employee-benefit plan audits. He graduated from SUNY Geneseo with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 2019 and a master’s degree in accounting in 2020.
JAKE N. PIEKLIK has been promoted to audit senior. He joined the firm in 2020 as a full-time employee after working as an intern the year prior. Pieklik, a CPA, is responsible for performing audits, reviews, compilations, examinations and employee-benefit plan audits. He graduated from Onondaga Community College with an associate degree in 2017 and from SUNY Oswego with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 2019 and MBA in 2020.