Bio

Orumé Hays, CPA, CGMA, established Hays CPA LLC to help small businesses, entrepreneurs, independent contractors, individuals, and startups, solve their accounting, finance, and tax needs. She is an adjunct professor at the Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School of Business, College of Staten Island (CSI), City University of New York (CUNY). An experienced Certified Public Accountant with over a decade of financial reporting and operational accounting services with proven successes in facilitating business growth. Expert in managing company wide operations. Skilled at cost reduction, team management, on-boarding human capital, and strategic partnership. Adept at implementing business internal controls and coordinating multiple business operations. Accomplished in developing and implementing efficient office and accounting best practices, policies and procedures. Strategic partner, big data finance analyst and trusted adviser. Specialties: Managerial Finance, Managerial Accounting, Financial Reporting and Analysis, General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Receivable, Cash Management, Budgeting and Forecasting, Time and Billing, US GAAP. Payroll, Month-End Close, Project Management, Certified QuickBooks ProAdviser, Preparation of individual federal and state tax returns, Small business tax returns. Data and Analytics Services. Tax Compliance and Tax Planning. Education. Past Board Member, Staten Island Chapter - NYSSCPA Past Chair, Small Firms Practice Management - NYSSCPA Judge, NYSSCPA Excellence in Financial Journalism Awards. A writer, public speaker, moderator, facilitator, instructor and a lifelong student. One day at a time … any post or activity that motivates a single person to become a CPA, or moves someone closer to achieving a personal goal, is personally rewarding.