Jason Jones, LPA, MBA
About Jason
Jason is a dynamic and highly resourceful accounting and finance professional with 25+ years of public accounting, private industry, nonprofit, and governmental entity experience. Licensed to practice public accounting in Delaware, Iowa, and Montana, he is an accomplished entrepreneur and valued accounting, bookkeeping, and QuickBooks instructor. Jason’s proven track record of helping clients succeed comes from his technical accounting expertise, business management knowledge, and ability to build and maintain quality relationships.
With experience as an accountant and auditor at several CPA firms, Jason is proficient in financial statement preparation and conducting audit, review, compilation, and agreed-upon procedures engagements for a multitude of businesses and other organizations, including colleges and universities, urban development corporations, social service agencies, and churches.
Jason’s dedication to helping his clients solve complex financial problems to achieve their goals was the motivation for founding and operating his accounting practice and functioning as an external accounting consultant. He is adept at providing outsourced CFO, controller, accounting, and bookkeeping services and consulting with clientele to analyze, implement, and overcome various operational accounting and finance-related issues. Jason’s diverse skill set includes consolidations, mergers and acquisitions, GAAP, SEC reporting, budgeting, cash flow planning, payroll, and fund accounting.
As an audit manager and then principal for a well-established CPA firm, Jason remotely supervised teams of audit and tax professionals to ensure the timely and accurate completion of engagements in accordance with professional standards, including GAAS and GAGAS. His financial acumen has become stronger through volunteer board positions at several nonprofit organizations, including serving as president, treasurer, and finance committee chairman.
Clients appreciate Jason’s ability to build trust and maintain integrity as he recommends and implements governing policies, process improvements, and performance metrics to improve internal controls, increase operational efficiencies, and enhance strategic results.
Industry Experience
Franchising, Healthcare, Higher Education, Hospitality, Nonprofit, Power Generation – Alternate Energy Sources, Professional Services, Property Management, Restaurant, Service, Start-up Companies, Transportation
Education
- Franklin University, Master of Business Administration
- Capital University, Bachelor of General Studies, Business Management, Accounting, and Economics
Certifications
- LPA – Licensed Public Accountant – Delaware
- LPA – Licensed Public Accountant – Iowa
- LPA – Licensed Public Accountant – Montana
Professional Affiliations
- Association of Government Accountants
- National Society of Black CPAs
On a Lighter Note
Do you speak any languages besides English?
Yes, I’m currently learning to speak French. Back in 2016, a Parisian accountant reached out to me on LinkedIn. Since then, we have become professional “pen pals,” and learning French makes our communications more gratifying.
What is something interesting we would not learn about you from your resume alone?
My first entrepreneurial venture was at age 13, when I became a Transformers broker. I would arrange deals with my friends and classmates so they could buy, sell, rent, or borrow Transformer action figures from one another. It wasn’t until years later that I realized what I had done was a form of entrepreneurship.
Are there any causes that you like to support?
I previously volunteered with VOICEcorps, a radio reading service for blind and print-handicapped citizens. I enjoyed reading the printed news and other information to help others, and I plan to volunteer my time again.