PASSION. INTEGRITY. STEWARDSHIP.
Baker Tilly Annual Report
2016
What is Stewardship?
noun, stew·ard·ship \’stü-erd-,ship, ‘styü-; ‘st(y)Urd-\
The activity of protecting and being responsible for something; careful management of something entrusted to one's care
One of Baker Tilly’s core values is Stewardship. But what does Stewardship look like?
Let’s start with being the best possible advisor for our clients…
And enabling the value they deliver to society.
And creating an inspiring workplace...
Providing opportunity for our people to learn, grow and contribute.
And being a good corporate citizen…
Engaging in and giving back to the communities in which we live and work.
In other words, making a difference.
For our clients, our people and our communities.
And I’d like to tell you how.
Making a Difference: FHLB Chicago
Leveraging deep banking and insurance know-how to assist organizations like FHLB Chicago that support the American Dream.
Making a Difference: Octopi Brewing
Working with one of our craft brewery clients to manage a critical time in its history: Growth.
Making a Difference: GiGi’s Playhouse
Collaborating with clients like GiGi’s Playhouse who are heroes to many. They make the world a better, richer and more compassionate place.
Making a Difference: Essendant
Delivering valuable consulting services to help an industry leader successfully navigate change in a complex program.
Making a Difference: U.S. Venture
Bringing innovative tax ideas beyond compliance to clients to save them millions of dollars.
Making a Difference: Communities for Veterans
Being there with vital financial services to help a client provide permanent, supportive housing and services to low-income veterans.
Making a Difference: Rochester Schools Modernization Program
Providing government and policy knowledge and expertise to help a city manage a project to modernize its schools and meet the needs of more than 30,000 schoolchildren.
Making a Difference: Allied Services Integrated Health System
Supporting an integrated health system with more than 20 years of value-added service to further its mission to perform rehab miracles for children and adults with disabilities and life-changing injuries.
Making a Difference: Through our profession
Maintaining our position of leadership in organizations such as the American Institute of CPAs to make us exceptional advocates for our clients and the value they deliver to society.
Making a Difference: OUR TEAM MEMBERS
"We help you get there."
Making a Difference: OUR TEAM MEMBERS
We say that a lot to our team members.
Making a Difference: OUR TEAM MEMBERS
Because their success is our success.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE: OUR TEAM MEMBERS
Our future relies on team members who grow, develop and prosper.
Making a Difference: Our team members
We offer flexible work arrangements that allow our team members to attain their goals.
Making a Difference: Trusting and respectful environment
We focus on initiatives (such as our newly enhanced parental leave and innovative "Dress for your Day" program) that reflect trust in our employees and help them balance work and life.
Making a Difference: Honky Tonk Hustle
We work to honor our people and their families with fundraisers and support for causes that matter most to them.
Making a Difference: Our team members
If it’s important to our team members and the communities in which we live and work, it’s important to us. So we do our best to give back.
Making a Difference: H.E.R.O. Program
In 2016, we gave our employees nearly 5,000 hours of time off with pay to support causes THEY care about.
Making a Difference: Stewardship Day
Every Baker Tilly office participated in our first Stewardship Day to combat hunger.
Making a Difference: Cristo Rey
Continued our commitment to the Cristo Rey educational network to influence, inspire and grow future leaders.
Making a Difference: Leukemia Ball
And proudly served as a mission sponsor of the Leukemia Ball in Washington, D.C., to raise more than $3.2 million for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
We believe in Stewardship at Baker Tilly.
In being good stewards of our clients, our people and our communities.
In making a difference.
A YEAR OF PROGRESS
Year in Review
Providing Exceptional Client Service
Candor. Insights. Results. That’s not just a tagline at Baker Tilly. Through our Exceptional Client Service approach, we deliver a promise. The promise starts and ends with a commitment to quality and a client-centric way of doing business. That promise makes us Baker Tilly.
That’s why we are proud that 80 percent of respondents gave at least 9 out of 10 for their likelihood to recommend Baker Tilly.
Capturing the Voice of our Client
"Great personal service, and their knowledge on business is outstanding."
"It really provides a benefit to our company that the audit and tax teams are in tune with each other's needs."
"What I really like is their responsiveness and ability to make decisions without delay."
"Extremely professional yet practical and flexible."
"I appreciate the ongoing support during the year."
"The depth of knowledge, professionalism and ability to meet requested deadlines make Baker Tilly one of our most important resources."
"Could not be more pleased with the service; ALL the staff is awesome and always willing to help."
Developing our people
Every single person in our firm makes a difference. That’s the Baker Tilly way.
The focus we place on our people is what makes Baker Tilly an exceptional employer. We’ve worked together to create a remarkable culture that fosters genuine care, respect and support for one another. Our extensive professional development programs tie our people to our strategy, enabling them to have challenging and rewarding careers and to serve our clients as Valued Business Advisors.
Year after year, we are honored with best places to work awards as recognition of our employee-focused culture and our firm’s commitment to core values of integrity, passion and stewardship.
Developing our people
Fostering a Culture of Diversity & Inclusion
Developing our people
Baker Tilly professional development programs:
Valued Business Advisor framework
Milestone learning programs at each promotion
Developing Leaders
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EDGE (Educate Develop Grow Empower)
More About Our People
2,700 team members
1 in 3 new hires are from employee referrals
Average tenure 7+ years; more than 300 team members started with us before the turn of the century
In excess of 3,000 hours of training offered by Baker Tilly professional development
More than 66,000 CPE credits awarded
Leveraging our network
We are proud to be an independent member of Baker Tilly International, the world’s eighth largest accounting and consulting network, whose member firms share Baker Tilly’s dedication to Exceptional Client Service.
Our network gives us significant global reach in addition to our substantial national presence. We collaborate to leverage our skills, resources and local expertise to help our clients wherever they do business.
