SYRACUSE — The Bonadio Group, which says it’s upstate New York’s largest independent accounting firm, has appointed Donald R. Taylor as managing partner in the firm’s Syracuse office. In his new role, Taylor is responsible for overseeing office operations and partner and employee relations, fostering client services, and growing new business opportunities, the firm […]
SYRACUSE — The Bonadio Group, which says it’s upstate New York’s largest independent accounting firm, has appointed Donald R. Taylor as managing partner in the firm’s Syracuse office.
In his new role, Taylor is responsible for overseeing office operations and partner and employee relations, fostering client services, and growing new business opportunities, the firm says.
“Don Taylor is a seasoned professional who will be a great asset in leading our Syracuse office,” Thomas Bonadio, CEO and managing partner of The Bonadio Group, said in a news release. “As a Syracuse native, Don knows Central New York as well as anyone. Coupled with that, his extensive industry experience will be critical in his new role as a coach and mentor for the whole Syracuse office staff.”
Taylor has replaced Stanley Konopko as Syracuse office managing partner (OMP). Konopko, who had served in the role since 2011, has been assigned to work full time with Bonadio client St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell.
“The management committee has decided with Stan and Don Taylor’s approval, that it would be better if Stan focuses on the important client assignment at St. James Mercy Hospital and Don become the Syracuse OMP,” Tom Bonadio wrote in a memo to the firm’s employees.
The change became effective Nov. 12.
The Bonadio Group employs 45 people at its 10,000-square-foot office at 115 Solar St. in Syracuse, according to Taylor.
Taylor joined Bonadio Group in 2011, after the Rochester–based firm acquired the Syracuse operations of his employer, Philadelphia–based ParenteBeard. Taylor had worked for ParenteBeard since 2007 and its predecessor firms Beard Miller and TFG CPAs since 1987.
At Bonadio, Taylor, who has a total of 31 years experience in public accounting, specializes in providing services to the community banking industry, including external and internal audit, establishment and review of internal systems and controls, assistance in regulatory and compliance matters, and implementation of new accounting pronouncements, the firm says.
Taylor is the leader of Bonadio’s financial services industry group.
“I’m looking forward to this new position and the opportunity to lead the Central New York region of the firm,” Taylor said in the release. “As I’ve lived and worked in the area for the tenure of my professional career, I have a connection to our people and businesses in the area that will aid my transition to leading the Syracuse office.”
In an interview, Taylor says one of his priorities as Syracuse OMP will be to evaluate the marketing plan of the office. “We’ve done reasonably well at that, but there are things we can improve on,” he says.
Taylor will also be involved in the Bonadio Group’s acquisition plans in the Syracuse market. Tom Bonadio has said he would like to expand his firm’s Syracuse operations, and each market the firm is in, to surpass 100 employees. And, acquisitions are expected to play a big role in that effort.
Taylor is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, and is an associate member of the New York State Bankers Association and the Independent Bankers Association of New York State. He is a graduate of Le Moyne College, and resides in the Syracuse area.
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