Laura Stevens,
Partner
Office Management, Bookkeeping and Payroll Professional
Laura is an expert administrator with 25 years experience in small business and corporate offices; 15 of those years were spent in management and 10 of those years in payroll and bookkeeping. Laura also holds her Canadian Investments Funds Certificate and had spent 5 years working in the Financial Planning industry, with a focus on Estate Planning.
She aims to help our businesses excel in organization and function, and will offer a great support to all your individual needs, as well assist our personal tax clients. Laura understands how companies of all sizes operate, which will help streamline accounting processes and procedures, all while ensuring her clients books are done meticulously and efficiently.
While managing our Barry’s Bay office, Laura will also be the first point of contact for all of our business owners and personal tax clients. Please feel free to email her anytime at laura@valleyaccounting.ca
Nicholas McLeod,
Partner
BComm in Accounting,
Tax and Law Professional
A proud father of five, Nicholas and his beautiful wife Siobhan have been planting roots in Barry’s Bay. Nich graduated with Honours from Carleton University in 2010 receiving a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a double concentration in Accounting, and Managing People and Organizations. He is also a paralegal licensed by the Law Society of Ontario and manages and practices law out of his own firm McLeod Law.
With his core skills in accounting, management and law, Nicholas is our overseer of all the high-level financial needs at Valley Accounting & Tax. He has completed overhauls of multiple organization's accounting systems and has extensive experience in running the full accounting cycle from source document creation and reconciliations, to preparing financial statements and filing tax schedules. He is also a registered tax preparer with the CRA and regularly files client compliance documents.
Nich’s philosophy is to try and get the best outcome for his clients with as little risk and cost as possible. He will focus on finding creative solutions to resolve the tough accounting and tax issues. Valley Accounting & Tax is honoured to have his education and experience at our location, particularity his understanding of tax law, which is a huge asset for our local corporate clients.
Benedict Merkowsky
Junior Accountant, BComm in Accounting
Benedict is working on his third year as a our personal tax preparer for our clients at the firm and has just graduated from his Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting. He has a very bright future with Valley Accounting & Tax, and is being mentored by Nicholas on our corporate filings and high level accounting work.
Along with his wife Grace, the Merkowsky’s plan to stay local, build a family, and continue to support our community. We are excited to have Benedict as a permanent fixture on our team and only see great things moving forward with him by our side.
Diana Boulianne
Bookkeeper and Payroll Administrator
Diana isn’t one for the spotlight, but she is a brilliant mind and the drive behind our data entry for our bookkeeping and payroll processing. She is our secret weapon who likes to stay behind the scenes, but to our team, she is always in the forefront.