Podcasts

Most job searchers already know: the more they’ve been paid in the past, the more they can demand in the future. This method can create a disconnect between pay and productivity.

Our Top Women in Benefit Advising for 2020 are making their mark on the industry with their ambition, innovation and leadership.

Mark Fishman, CPA, MST joined Cain & David in 2005 as a partner. His areas of practice include manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, distribution, entertainers and athletes, and services companies. He also is the partner in charge of the firm’s state and local tax practice (SALT) with a specialty in multi-state tax planning, tax credits, nexus requirements, sales tax and ad valorem tax issues.

Most employers believe their benefits are inclusive or equitable until an employee who’s trying to access it points out the flaws, says Lisa Greenbaum, the chief client officer at Progyny.

John Hayashi is a managing director at BPM, a California-based accounting and advisory firm ranking among the 50 largest in the country, where he helps lead the firm’s state and local taxes (SALT) practice. With nearly 30 years of public accounting and private industry experience in SALT, he helps his clients respond to SALT issues, particularly sales tax and use tax related to the Supreme Court's 2018 decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. A leader in BPM's SALT group, he listens to client needs to plan and implement strategies that minimize identified
liabilities.

Samantha Scott is a CPA and supervisor on BPM’s Business Enterprise Services Team.

Rich Gunn leads BPM’s Value Acceleration Service Team, which helps with succession, transition and exit planning for business owners. Rich is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor, Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Exit Planning Institute.