FUTURE & GROWTH OF THE EPR CANADA GROUP
During the first twenty five years of service to a continually growing number of clients, EPR Canada Member Firms have met and overcome numerous obstacles and difficulties. Strengthened by these experiences, the owners of EPR Member Firms are confident that the future will be marked by continuing growth: growth in the number of Member Firms, growth in the number of clients, and growth in client satisfaction.
The core objectives of EPR Member Firms are to continue to seek out and employ all available and appropriate ways and means to improve their practices, increase the quality of services they provide, in order to fulfill their Purpose of satisfying clients’ needs.
FUTURE & GROWTH IN CLIENT SATISFACTION
Client Satisfaction – The continuing Imperative
EPR Canada’s member firms are committed to maintaining the deeper client-focused Purpose of:
Continually striving to identify and understand each client’s needs, and satisfying those needs through the timely provision of quality services that will assist clients to fulfill their purposes.
Client Service – Satisfying Client needs
Through commitment to the focused purpose of understanding and satisfying client needs, EPR Firms continue to strive to retain the confidence of existing clients, and earn the confidence of a growing client base in all sectors of Canadian business, both corporate clients and individual clients who need personalized services.
EPR Canada will continue to work closely with Canada’s major accounting bodies, the Certified General Accountants Association, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and the Society of Certified Management Accountants, on a variety of issues affecting the accounting profession in Canada, including accounting and auditing standards, education and training, taxation monitoring and information, and professional practice liability.
EPR Canada intends to maintain valuable international links, through its affiliations with CPA-USA Network and IECnet. These international links will continue to give each Member Firm increasing and broadened access to global strategic business opportunities, as well as practical information that strengthen and expand the quality of client services.
Practice Management – Client focused
A core Strategic Objective of EPR Canada is the strong emphasis on maintaining excellence in quality, client satisfying, services. The owners of EPR Member Firms are fully committed to maintaining and improving their practices. Practice Development Services and Resources, which are continually being developed, refined and provided to Partner Firms, include:
Regular Regional Practice Management Sessions, featuring presentations and discussions on current methods and systems of enhancing and improving the ways in which Member Firms can satisfy their clients’ needs;
The continuing development of inter-firm professional service support, enabling individual Member Firms to obtain specialty services for their clients;
Comparative data on the performance of Member Firms, in order to constantly challenge their effectiveness and efficiency levels.
FUTURE & GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Upon joining EPR, a new firm immediately begins to enjoy and use the tangible and intangible benefits that have been developed and maintained over the quarter of a century since EPR was formed as a national partnership.
The benefits of being a Member Firm of EPR Canada may be summarized as follow:
- Stature and Image of a National Brand;
- Inter-Partner/Inter-Firm Business and Referral Opportunities;
- Access to a National Tax Advisory and Planning Service;
- Access to a National Accounting and Taxation Standards Analysis and Interpretation Service;
- Practice Management Services and Resources;
- A strong Global reach through International Affiliations;
- Inter-firm and Inter-Partner Communications and Marketing capabilities;
- Conferences and Meetings – Regionally, Nationally and Internationally;
- Owner and Staff Training – Professional Development;
- Best Practice Services – Effective and efficient Office Resources;
- Management of EPR Canada Group – Effective Strategic Leadership;
- National Administration of EPR Canada Group – National Support Services.
The results in improved client services and enhanced practice management are substantial. Member Firm owners enjoy the efficiencies of time and cost savings, and the substantial help that membership in a national multi-firm organization offers. Access to these benefits is straightforward, with most information and products readily obtainable by simply copying a disc, downloading a file over the internet, or by e-mail or phone call to the EPR Canada national office.
Sound Structure – Good Management
The EPR Canada Group is structured corporately as EPR Canada Group Inc., a federal not-for-profit corporation. The Corporation will continue to prosper under the direction of its Board of Directors, whose members are elected from among EPR Member Firm owners. The National Executive Director and National Administrator provide ongoing leadership and support in managing EPR’s operations. Strong Member Firm owner participation is always encouraged and will be maintained through Annual General Meetings of Members, and special meetings when needed. EPR Canada’s strong national communication channels will continue to provide all Member Firms with continuously updated information and opportunities to participate actively in the affairs of the Group.
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