Rick is the founder of Ruhl & Associates LLC, a professional services firm specializing in providing the financial management expertise businesses need, whether on an interim basis for companies undergoing a transition in personnel or ongoing part-time basis when the expense of hiring a full-time senior financial manager is not justified.
Professional & Business History
Rick has twenty-five years of public and private accounting and financial management experience. He has held financial management and executive positions in the construction and development, manufacturing and wholesale distribution industries.
Prior to founding Ruhl & Associates LLC in 2001, Rick was Finance & Operations Manager for a $70 million, multi-location division of Weyerhaeuser Company, a Fortune 200 company. His experience also includes five years as a CPA on the audit team of Kuntz, Lesher, Siegrist, Martini & Associates CPAs.
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Certified Public Accountant, Pennsylvania 1985
- IMA- Institute of Management Accountants
- PICPA- Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- AICPA- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Berks County Chamber of Commerce
Continuing Professional Education
The PA State Board of Accountancy requires eighty hours of continuing professional education to be completed every two years in order to retain the CPA license. Some of the courses offered by the PICPA and completed by Rick in the past year include:
- Business Analytics
- The ABCs of Cost Accounting for Improved Performance
- Determining the Value of a Business or Firm for Purchase or Sale
- Ratio Analysis Update: A Hands-On Approach to Making Effective Use of Financial Statement Information
- Legal Toolkit for Business Owners, Controllers and CPAs
- Negotiations and Tax Aspects of Buying and Selling a Business
- Excel Budgeting Techniques
- Financial Forecasting and Management Decisions
- Controllership: Leading Edge of Corporate Performance
- Only Financial Officer: Skills for Financial Managers in Smaller Companies
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