Jason Kruger, President of Signature Analytics
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Richard and Joe welcomed Jason Kruger, President of Signature Analytics, a local San Diego Accounting firm that specializes in bookkeeping, financial consulting services, and outsourced accounting. In 2008, Jason Kruger started Signature Analytics with the vision of taking the benefits and expertise of large company financial and accounting tools and processes and making them accessible to small and medium-sized businesses. Today, they are an Inc. 5000 firm and have been recognized as one of the best places to work. They now have offices in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego and continue to grow and deliver exceptional service to our clients.
The senior management team at Signature Analytics consists of people who each have a minimum of ten years experience in the field of public accounting. With Signature Analytics, businesses get a full team of experienced accountants–CFO, controller, accounting manager, all the way down to staff accountant–to act as the accounting and finance department for your business on an ongoing basis. They evaluate the business’s accounting and finance needs to determine the most cost-effective and efficient way for their team to manage the business’s accounting and finance functions. This could be serving as an entire department or complementing internal employees, such as an in-house bookkeeper or controller.2017 was a great year for Signature Analytics
Signature Analytics made the Inc. 5000 for the second year in a row. Ranking in the top 11% of the 5000 brightest and most innovative privately-held companies. Signature Analytics was ranked in San Diego Business Journal’s top 100 list of Fastest-Growing Privately Owned Companies for the second consecutive year. Their team has grown over 67%, adding more than 30 new employees in 2017 with no sign of slowing down in 2018. They were named Best Places to Work by San Diego Business Journal. They were also a proud Platinum sponsor for the Vistage Executive Summits in both San Diego and Los Angeles. They received an Advisor of the Year Award and three members of their team were recognized as Advisor of the Year with two making Nominee Finalists.
Mr. Kruger received his Bachelor’s in Accounting and Finance from the University of Arizona and has been with Signature Analytics since 2008. Prior to joining Signature Analytics, Mr. Kruger was employed by Deloitte & Touche as a senior audit manager. Prior to that, he was a senior auditor at Moss Adams LLP.
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