Running a business requires time, talent and effort to address the financial, accounting and auditing challenges that cross the companies’ path. This is where professional services firms come in.
These highly specialized firms offer professional services that can span multiple industries, including finance, legal, marketing and virtually every type of consultant you can think of.
One of the industry leaders is Reyes Tacandong & Co. (RT&Co) whose partners have solid combined experience of more than 600 years in different industries. As one of the leading firms in the country, RT&Co. hires the best and the brightest people who share the same passion and joy in doing what it does.
Reyes Tacandong & Co. provides audit, tax and advisory services. Audit services can be statutory audits, agreed-upon procedures, financial due diligence, regulatory compliance, among others. While tax services can be tax compliance reviews, tax returns preparations, transfer pricing study, tax advocacy and other tax consultancy services. Internal audit services, Information Technology Services, Valuation, Due Diligence are among the services of our Advisory division.
Reyes Tacandong & Co. boasts of being guided by 14 values: Integrity, Leadership, Excellence, Teamwork, Professionalism, Passion, Commitment, Reliability, Respect, Credibility, Nurturing, Stewardship, Discipline and Business Smart. These values shaped and defined the way they deliver services to their clients.
“Client’s concerns become ours, what keep them awake at night also keeps us awake. We always go the extra mile to our clients by providing wise solutions without compromising our principles — living to our tagline: “Firm Principles, Wise Solutions,” said Protacio T. Tacandong, Chief Operating Officer.
A game-changer in raising the bar of professional services in the country, Reyes Tacandong & Co. acts as advisers to its clients. It offers guidance to them regarding audit and advisory services, so clients can improve their top line and their revenue.
“We do not just think of ourselves as external auditors. We do not just deal with the principles of accounting. We go beyond this by helping our clients conduct business efficiently and productively,” said Tacandong.
From the company’s humble beginnings in June 2010, in a 200-square meters office space in Rockwell, tucked away on the fifth floor of the PHINMA Plaza, Reyes Tacandong & Co. currently resides at Citibank Tower in Salcedo Village, Makati, where it occupies three floors in the Citibank Center and two floors in Citi Tower.
Reyes Tacandong & Co. started with nine partners, an executive assistant, and a mix of staff and managers. With just 20 people, it presented itself as the first alternative to the Big Four—the accounting industry’s top four firms in the country. Providing and delivering better value, time, and attention to its clients, people began to talk about the firm.
“By word of mouth, people have become curious about us. People wanted to know, see, and experience how different we were, and if we could be better than the others,” Tacandong narrated.
A year after, Reyes Tacandong & Co. had a hundred people and it became necessary to move to a bigger space, which is the current office today. Moreover, Reyes Tacandong & Co. also expanded to new and thriving locations in Davao, Cebu, Iloilo, and Clark.
Indeed, Reyes Tacandong & Co. is a home of topnotch talents. And the company continues to hone the skills of its staff and develop them to a more effective partner. This is because the firm puts a strong emphasis on trainings, providing new hires and existing members of the Reyes Tacandong & Co. family with several opportunities to learn, grow, and share their knowledge.
At Reyes Tacandong & Co., getting through the company’s day-to-day operations and duties is not enough. One must always consider how they can better themselves personally and professionally, no matter where they are in the corporate ladder. From programs that send excellent performers to study abroad to in-house workshops that cover everything from personality development to improving your tech know-how, Reyes Tacandong & Co. takes care to mold the minds of those who will lead the firm and its people into the future.
Existing for only less than a decade, Reyes Tacandong & Co. experiences a continuous rise to be one of the country’s best in the industry. Its plan includes keeping moving forward to serve more clients and nurture the brightest minds.
“We intend to continuously grow our client base and hire more aspiring professionals who could be the future partners of the firm, government officials or key management of growing Philippine companies,” Tacandong concluded.