KMA, S.C. Merges with Chicago-Based Schuman Simon Grodecki LTD

January 3, 2023 (Madison, WI) – KMA, S.C., a well-respected, Madison-Wisconsin based full-service public accounting firm has merged with Chicago-based Schuman Simon + Grodecki, LTD (“SSG”) as of January 1, 2023. The merger allows KMA to continue to grow and provide an even wider range of services to the firm’s valued clients, as well as to add to KMA’s strong team of professional advisors. SSG is now known as KMA, S.C. and will remain at the current location at 626 W. Jackson Blvd, Suite 650, Chicago, Illinois. in downtown Chicago. All of SSG’s employees will be retained.

With this merger, KMA, S.C. has more than 80 employees, four Midwest locations, and will continue to offer clients a full range of services dedicated to small businesses, such as: business and financial consulting, business planning and tax preparation, individual tax preparation and planning, auditing, bookkeeping, and accounting services, payroll services, business valuations, IRS and State audit representation and more.

“SSG has a more than 70-year tradition of excellence with values that mirror those of KMA, which is why this merger is a good fit” said Jason Kadow, CEO of KMA, S.C. “As KMA continues to grow, our dedication to providing small businesses the same level of service and talent usually only available to larger businesses will remain constant,” Kadow concluded. 

Long-term relationships with clients coupled with excellent service have been hallmarks of both firms. “We are pleased to join the expanding KMA team who share our values of providing quality services in all areas of the tax, accounting, and advisory spectrum” said Jim Grodecki, tax partner at SSG. “We also want to thank out recently retired partners – Yale Simon and Rich Reed for their many years of service over the years.”

KMA, S.C. is a full-service business accounting and financial services firm, dedicated to providing management consulting, real time solutions, accurate and timely financial data, innovative ideas and proactively providing tax advice and compliance services to small businesses. Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, the firm has additional locations in Lodi, Wisconsin and 2 offices in Chicago, Illinois. For more information, click here.