Sonya D. Coates, CPA, CGMA
Sonya Coates began her career with HLB Gross Collins, P.C. after receiving her Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from the University of Georgia. She is a Senior Audit Manager in the firm's Audit and Advisory Services department.
Specialized
Services
Sonya provides auditing,
consulting, advisory, and attestation services for privately-held businesses
and non-profit organizations. She serves a broad range of clients and has
experience in a variety of industries Including the wholesale and retail
distribution, manufacturing, construction, education, and service industries.
Sonya provides services to clients doing business both domestically and abroad,
and she has specialized expertise in International Financial Reporting
Standards.
Sonya has experience in assisting clients with IRS audit defense, business sales and acquisitions, business valuations, due diligence, and budgeting and
forecasting. She has experience in fraud risk assessment, forensic accounting,
and assisting plaintiffs and defense litigators in civil litigation and
allegations of white- collar crime. Sonya also has experience in assisting
corporate leaders, boards, and audit committees with internal fraud
investigations, including providing needed guidance and suggesting important
financial controls to prevent potential problems in the future.
Sonya is adept at helping
clients to realize their financial success by continually offering improvement
strategies, suggestions for strengthening internal controls, and methods of
cost reduction. Sonya seeks to establish trusted business relationships with
her clients by providing attentive and timely professional services to enhance
client operations.
Within the firm, Sonya
functions as a quality control reviewer for the auditing and accounting
department, maintains the firm's standard auditing and accounting
correspondence and reporting templates, oversees audit engagement
finalizations, and participates in the firm's peer review processes.
About Sonya
University of Georgia, Bachelors in Accounting
Acts as the firms Quality Control reviewer and conducts audit and accounting training
Sonya enjoys spending time with her husband and 3 children, as well as supporting the Georgia Bulldogs
Professional and Community Memberships
University of Georgia Alumni Association
Georgia Society of CPAs
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Packard has been a client of HLB Gross Collins for 33 years, through the tough years and the growth years. They have been a loyal and trusted advisor to us for everything from Audited financials to our recent transition to 100% ESOP, we could not have completed this transaction without their expertise. The firm has grown with us over these years and we look forward to trusting them for all our accounting and tax needs for many years to come. I don’t know how to say enough about how I trust the advisors and friends I have a HLB Gross Collins.
Susan Kirkland, President
Packard, Inc.
I am happy to write this recommendation regarding the professionalism, integrity, and technical expertise of HLB Gross Collins P.C. (HLB). The professionals at HLB always exhibit an exceptional level of competence while diligently working to adhere to deadlines.
Additionally, HLB Gross Collins, P.C. applied their expertise in calculating the U.S. GAAP deferred tax provision. The firm exhibited tremendous tax knowledge in this area and we were impressed by their expertise.
I am happy to recommend HLB Gross Collins, P.C. based on their international expertise, specifically related to GAAP, as well as their technical ability and attentiveness to quality and personal relationships.
Randall Mertz, President & CEO
ORAFOL Americas Inc.