Many business owners need to seek advice or obtain services from a trusted professional to resolve a complex matter or ongoing transition. Our firm often assists a diverse client base with these issues. Some of the services we offer are:

• Business Entity Selection:
  • Your business entity has a large impact on your taxes and other liabilities. From your company’s inception through its growth and development, Gray, Griffith & Mays can advise you on choosing an entity type and later restricting if advantageous. With our knowledge and expertise, you will always be advised of the most advantageous entity type for the functions your business performs.

• Business Consulting:
  • We assist management teams with long and short-term challenges throughout the life cycle of their business. We have helped people start up their businesses and also help them transition out of their businesses. Our team of experienced professionals can partner with your management team and help you reach your goals.

• Business Valuations:
  • ​Whether you are thinking of buying a new business or are in the midst of a difficult divorce, the amount attached to the value of your business is important. Our team of Certified Valuation Analysts and Certified Public Accountants can provide useful and objective analysis to assist you in the valuation of any business in which you have an interest. Our team will work with you to determine if a full-blown valuation is necessary or if there is a better, cost-effective solution.

• Business Succession and Acquisition Services:
  • ​Structuring the purchase or sale of a business properly is a critical step in the process of buying or selling a business. Our competent staff has the experience to guide you through the acquisition and disposition process by addressing such issues as cash flow analysis and tax considerations.

• Cash Flow & Budgeting Analysis
  • ​Good cash management can improve a company’s liquidity, reduce costs, and increase profitability. We can help your business better understand and maintain optimal cash flow levels by tracking sources and uses, forecasting, and budgeting accordingly.

• Financial Forecasts & Projections
  • ​No one has a crystal ball when it comes to future financial performance or challenges, but the professionals at Gray Griffith & Mays combine expertise and experience with our thorough understanding of your business to produce financial projections that can help manage your business plan and spending.

• Executive Recruiting and Development
  • ​Finding the right person to be a member of your executive team can be challenging. Our firm can help you find, recruit and develop the right person for your organization.

• Succession Planning:
  • ​If you own a family business, retirement can be a complex process. The family dynamic often complicates the transition from owner to retiree. Developing and implementing a well-designed succession plan is essential to the survival of a family business from one general to the next. Our team of experienced professionals can help you put together an effective succession plan that will make this transition fair, reduce the tax consequences, and ensure that your business will continue to be successful when you are gone.