Audit partner Lesley Sanchez, CPA, was named a St. Louis Small Business Monthly (SBM) Top Accountant for 2024. Each month, SBM polls readers to help identify the best in the area in a particular industry. The August issue focuses on the Top Small Business Accountants and features 8 local accountants who were voted the best in St. Louis.
In her feature in the most recent edition of St. Louis Small Business Monthly, Lesley was asked to share her best advice for small business owners:
Embrace your team of advisors – CPA, attorney, investment advisor and others. As the face of your business, focus on what you excel at: running and growing your business, engaging with customers and motivating employees. Let your trusted advisors handle the essential, but sometimes less fun aspects behind the scenes.
Lesley Sanchez, St. Louis Small Business Monthly
Read Lesley’s full interview and the see the complete list of Best Accountants in the August 2024 edition of St. Louis Small Business Monthly.
About Lesley
As a partner in Audit and Assurance, Lesley works with banking and financial institutions and privately-held companies primarily in manufacturing, hospitality and construction. Lesley provides various consulting services for her clients, including internal control and accounting process improvements, financial statement due diligence and quality of earnings analysis. She has experience assisting clients through complex financial reporting issues such as revenue recognition, business acquisitions and equity compensation. Lesley also concentrates on conducting employee benefit plan audits for defined benefit plans and ESOPs.
A Certified Public Accountant in the state of Missouri and Illinois, Lesley holds a M.S. in Accounting from Saint Louis University and a B.S. in Agriculture and Consumer Economics with specialization in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was previously recognized as a 2023 Woman to Watch by the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants (MOCPA).
