Willard G. Reynolds

Will Reynolds
Willard G. Reynolds , CPA, CGMA, CGFM, CFE, DABFA, CFS
Senior Partner

Will joined BST in 1982 and is a licensed CPA in New York and, previously, in Massachusetts, Vermont, New Jersey, Maryland, Connecticut, Maine, and Delaware.  He has 45 years of business experience, including five with an international accounting firm and five years as the Chief Fiscal Officer for a major wholesale distributor, import-export conglomerate.  Will’s range of experience includes providing traditional auditing, accounting, and financial consulting services to a diverse group of commercial, governmental, and non-profit clients.  He was recently awarded designation as a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) by the AICPA.

Will’s extensive governmental experience includes assisting staff, management, and elected officials and communicating with regulatory bodies.  His work involves utility rate making, financing, fiscal advisory, revenue enhancement/expense control, budgeting, cash flow projection, financial control, and financing transactions.  His specialized services have included examining and reporting on compliance with legal, regulatory, and contract/grant requirements.  His governmental experience has resulted in his being awarded certification as a Certified Governmental Financial Manager (CGFM) by the Government Finance Officers Association.

His efforts also have led to experience with investigating and reporting on malfeasance, misappropriation, defalcation, improper and/or fraudulent financial record keeping, accounting and reporting, review and analysis of internal controls, identifying hidden or diverted assets; records reconstruction, and workers compensation fraud.  Because of his knowledge and experience in the area of fraud detection and prevention, Will has been designated a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) by the International Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, a Certified Forensic Accountant and a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Accounting (DABFA), and a Certified Fraud Specialist (CFS).

He resides in Schenectady and Lake Pleasant, N.Y.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in economics, Union College Master’s degree in business administration in corporate finance, Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania