01About the firm
Mapleton & Reyes was founded in Columbus by Catherine Mapleton and Marcus Reyes on a short list of commitments: a partner on every engagement, a fixed fee before the work, and dates a client can hold us to. Thirty-eight people later, the list has not changed.
02How it started
Catherine left the assurance practice of a national firm in 2009 with one observation: clients experienced the partner for a day and the staff for a year, and paid for both as though they were the same. Marcus left a regional tax practice the same year with a similar one: the number arrived in March and the planning conversation never happened.
They opened in a two-room office near the Arena District with eleven clients and a rule that every engagement letter would name the partner, fix the fee and state the dates. The rule survived the growth. The office moved twice; the letter did not change.
Today the firm runs two practices, audit and tax, with a client accounting team between them, all from the sixth floor at 255 Marconi Boulevard. The partners still sign the work, still chair the opening and closing meetings, and still take the first call.
03Partners
Managing Partner, Audit and Assurance
Catherine founded the firm in 2009 after a decade in the assurance practice of a national firm. She signs every audit opinion the firm issues and runs the engagement letter process that sets dates and fees before fieldwork begins.
Partner, Business Tax
Marcus leads the tax practice and the October planning meetings. His work centres on owner-led companies with more than one entity, Ohio and municipal filings, and the tax side of acquisitions and exits.
04Team
Senior Manager, Audit
Priya runs fieldwork on financial statement and employee benefit plan audits and is the day-to-day contact for most assurance clients.
Manager, Business Tax
David manages compliance calendars and state and local filings, including the Ohio CAT and municipal net profit returns, for the tax practice.
Director, Client Accounting and Advisory
Hannah leads the outsourced accounting team: monthly close, projections, lender reporting and the finance function for companies that are not ready for a full-time controller.
05The office
Sixth floor, 255 Marconi Boulevard, in the Arena District: a ten-minute walk from the courthouse, the convention center and most of the banks our clients borrow from. Parking is in the garage next door; the lobby desk has the validation. Most engagements are run partly on site at the client and partly here, with the portal in between.
→Next step
You will hear from a partner within 48 hours with a scope, a fee and a date.