Top Certified Public Accountant New Mexico - CPA Firm

Finding the best CPA can be a daunting task, especially in a big place like New Mexico. Not to worry though, we’ve got you covered because we have searched out the top accountants in New Mexico. We will also have helpful article to help plan finances, answer tax questions, and address those bookkeeping problems.

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John E. Barraclough, Jr., CPA

Santa Fe, NM

John is the Managing Principal with Barraclough & Associates, P.C. formed in 1985. John is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed by the State of New Mexico. He obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting at New Mexico State University in 1966. John has had over forty-five years’ experience auditing businesses, financial institutions, nonprofit entities, state agencies, counties, municipalities, universities, and federal grant programs.

Jake Dopson, CPA, CCIFP

Albuquerque, NM

Mr. Dopson has held various positions within Pulakos CPAs and is currently a partner in the assurance department. Prior to joining Pulakos, Dopson worked for the Albuquerque office of an international, certified public accounting firm. Mr. Dopson has developed a broad knowledge base from working with clients of many different sizes and industries. Dopson currently provides assurance services to project management based companies that include construction and government contractors. Dopson also specializes in audits of non-profit organizations that receive Federal funding and employee benefit plans. Mr. Dopson uses his comprehensive business and accounting experience to be a resource to his clients in many areas outside of accounting.

Barbara Lewis, CPA, CCIFP, CGMA

Albuquerque, NM

Barbara, Audit Shareholder, heads up the firm’s Audit Department and serves as the Firm’s Quality Control Director. With over 30 years of experience, she serves some of the Firm’s most technically challenging clients. She is known for her outstanding client service. Barbara recently completed a 3 year term on the Auditing Standards Board and was recently appointed to the AICPA Peer Review Board. Barbara also serves as Technical Reviewer for the NMSCPAs Peer Review Program. Barbara joined Atkinson in 1991.

Christine Esquibel Wright, CPA, CGMA

Las Cruces, NM

Christine provides leadership to the Tax and Business Consulting division, and leads the Retirement Plan department, and has 20+ years of experience in business, tax, retirement plans, litigation projects and has served numerous times as a court-appointed receiver, conservator and special master. Christine is a licensed CPA and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA).

Bill Ortiz, CPA

Rio Rancho, NM

Bill began working at Nagel CPAs as a Supervising Accountant in December of 2016. Bill has been a licensed CPA since 2014. His primary role in the firm is supervising and reviewing the preparation of individual, business, exempt organization, and fiduciary tax returns. Prior to joining Nagel CPAs, he worked in tax preparation for a total of 5 tax seasons with other local tax preparation and accounting firms. Bill has earned three college degrees including a Masters of Accounting, Masters of Construction Management, and Bachelors of Science in Mathematics. Prior to beginning his career in accounting, Bill worked in the construction industry and taught math at the high school level.

Katrina Lucero, CPA

Rio Rancho, NM

Lucero has over sixteen years of public accounting experience serving clients in many capacities and industries as a certified public accountant and consultant. Lucero brings to her clients many years of experience working for global, regional, and local accounting firms. Prior to starting her own practice, Lucero was an Experienced Tax Manager for Grant Thornton, LLP. Prior to Grant Thornton, Lucero also served as a Construction Industry Tax Expert for the Albuquerque office of Moss Adams, LLP. Lucero has mostly served business entities such as large corporations and all sizes of closely held companies, not-for-profits, and individuals. Some of the industries served include manufacturing, construction, real estate, alternative energy, financial institutions, home healthcare, professional services, and not-for-profits.

Kenneth W. Sturm

Santa Fe, NM

Kenneth Strum specializes in the areas of construction accounting, management advisory services, and tax planning. He received his Business Administration and Accounting Degree from the University of New Mexico in 1979 and is currently leading the Strum & Associates team of CPA’s.

Paul Raudenbush, CPA

Las Cruces, NM

Paul is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. After serving 20 years as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Air Force, he went on to serve as Controller for a manufacturing company and as Controller for a retail department store chain. Paul has been a CPA (certified in both Texas and New Mexico) since 1981.

Donald A. Beasley

Las Cruces, NM

Donald Beasley focuses his CPA career on providing business consulting services to clients, as well as tax planning and advising services for closely held businesses. Donald Beasley has been involved in the accounting profession for over 40 years already.

Carol Mayo Cochran, CPA/PFS, CEBS, CCP, CMA, CMS, THRP, CFC

Albuquerque, NM

Carol has more than 30 years of experience in the accounting industry, focused primarily in the field of employee benefits, including retirement plans, flexible spending accounts and compensation planning. As a firm Principal, Carol oversees the design and administration of all forms of retirement and welfare benefit plans, including age-weighted and cross-tested pension arrangements, per capita plan design, problem plan resolution, and client representation before the IRS and Department of Labor. She also provides extensive expertise in compensation strategy, job definition and evaluation, salary ranking, and position classification. Involved with numerous compensation planning engagements over the past 20 years, Carol has served as both the lead consultant and project manager in the performance of job analyses, job evaluations, compensation plan development, and incentive compensation consulting.