The highest scores in Tennessee and Indiana for the 2008 Certified Public Accountant exam were earned by two members of the Rodefer Moss & Co, PLLC, a three-state accounting firm headquartered in Knoxville.
Vladimir Haralambiev, an audit associate with Rodefer Moss’s Knoxville, TN office, and Nicole Smitley, a senior tax associate who works in the firm’s New Albany, Indiana and Louisville, Kentucky, offices, were informed by the Indiana and Tennessee CPA societies that they achieved their respective state’s highest scores on the 2008 exam, the latest to be completed. Testing for 2009 is still underway.
Smitley Haralambiev
Haralambiev is a 2008 graduate of Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, where he achieved a 4.0 grade point average in his accounting studies. He graduated in 2005 with a degree in finance from the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, Bulgaria. He joined Rodefer Moss in 2008, shortly after his graduation. Client work he performs includes working with banks, credit unions, manufacturing and governmental entities.
Smitley joined the firm in 2006 after graduating from Indiana University Southeast with a Bachelor of Science degree, highest distinction, in accounting. She joined the firm immediately after graduation. Client work she has performed in her four years with the firm includes business and individual tax, non-profits, commercial, employee benefit plans and financial accounting standards.
“We are very proud of Vladimir and Nicole,” said Jimmy Rodefer, Rodefer Moss chief executive officer. “The CPA exam results in Tennessee and Indiana make a statement about the caliber of people we have at Rodefer Moss.”
“This is a real distinction for our firm of our size and another factor that sets us apart,” said Doug York, Rodefer Moss president, whose office is in New Albany. “To have two members of the same firm score the highest on their state’s CPA exams is something unique, and it says something about our firm’s desire to recruit, train and expect more from the best talent in the accounting field. Resources such as these two talented individuals help us in delivering unique solutions to our client’s issues.”
The Rodefer Moss accounting firm includes 120 employees overall, with Tennessee offices in Knoxville, Nashville, Greeneville, and Kingsport; a Kentucky office in Louisville; and two Indiana offices in New Albany and Corydon. Rodefer Moss is an independent member of the BDO Seidman Alliance of accounting & consulting firms.
