Today we’d like to introduce you to Rex McInvale.
Hi Rex, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I got my start in public accounting in Macon, working with a sole practitioner. After helping that firm more than double in size, I took an industry position as CFO of a trucking company in Forsyth. In 2004, I joined an existing firm in Canton and moved to the north metro area. During my tenure, that firm doubled as well. I accepted my second industry role as VP of Finance for an education technology company in 2014. In early 2021, I made the decision to put my experience to work in my own firm.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
As an advisor to other business owners, I have a unique view of entrepreneurship. Building any business is hard. That difficulty, however, serves as a crucible for those willing to persevere. In fact, successful, driven people almost welcome it. My experience starting my firm is consistent with what my clients experience starting theirs — difficult, but ultimately very satisfying.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
It doesn’t sound terribly exciting to most, but I’m a tax accountant. I never really set out to become one. I found, however, that business owners care a lot about saving taxes. As an advisor over the years, I focused on what my clients cared about most. Thus, I found myself developing a fairly deep experience in taxation. More important that technical knowledge is a very real need to bring that skill set to bear in the actual “boots on the ground” world of business. I’ve also focused my practice on forward-looking projection and planning work. Sometimes we spend too much time gathering data on the last year. Of course, we have certain compliance requirements, but wouldn’t that time be better spent looking through the windshield rather than the rearview mirror?
Do you have any memories from childhood that you can share with us?
Riding bikes in the woods. We didn’t call it mountain biking back then and we did not have mountain bikes. But that’s what it turned into. I’m still doing it today as a coach for the Cherokee Warriors Mountain Bike Team, a group of local middle and high school student-athletes.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.rgmcpa.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rgmcpa/
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