Our philosophy is to employ senior level auditors and to be organized and efficient to minimize our time and your interruption. We are very busy during the spring tax and for-profit audit season and keep busy through the year doing nonprofit audits, benefit plan audits, tax planning and consulting. You will not know whether we are busy or not. We are very responsive.

Key Audit Members
We have identified our key personnel and their roles in conducting and managing the proposed effort for your audit. These key personnel, are all experienced in performing audits of nonprofit organizations and familiar with and well versed in the requirements and application of the generally accepted auditing standards, and the AICPA professional guidelines. You will see that our least experienced audit manager has eight years in public accounting. Our key audit personnel includes the following:
i) Harvey Metro, Managing Partner, as the pre-issuance review partner;
ii) Neil Berger, the engagement partner;
iii) Ivan Moseyko, the audit manager.

Harvey I. Metro, CPA
Harvey Metro is the managing partner of Metro Metro & Associates. Harvey will serve as the pre-issuance review partner on the engagement. Harvey has extensive experience in the operations and reporting requirements of nonprofit organizations. He was formerly the controller for a publicly held company and is currently on the Board of two major nonprofit organizations. Harvey serves on the board of directors of Homecrest House and the Association of Practicing CPAs. He is also the treasurer for the Olney Boys and Girls Club. Harvey has presented several times on new auditing standards and procedures to local nonprofit organizations and CPA firms. Recently, Harvey Metro successfully testified in Annapolis in support of legislation that increased the annual charity audit threshold for nonprofit organizations from $200,000 to $500,000.

Harvey received his degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants and the Maryland Society of Accountants.

In December 2002, Harvey was honored by the “Washingtonian Magazine” when he was named as one of the 41 Accountants “On Top of Their Game”.

Neil E. Berger, CPA
Neil Berger is a partner of the firm and serves as the audit partner on the engagement. Neil performs audits, reviews and compilations of non-profit organizations and closely held businesses. He also prepares tax returns for corporations, partnerships, individuals, trusts and non-profit organizations. Neil assists clients with tax-and business-planning issues. Before coming to Metro Metro & Associates, Neil was a manager for a small local accounting firm, and a manager for Silver Diner, Inc. His experience as a successful business owner and manager gives him the necessary expertise to consult with our clients. He has first-hand knowledge of what it takes to run a business and nonprofit organizations, making him a highly valuable asset of Metro Metro & Associates and our clients.

Neil holds a BS/MA in Microbiology from the American University and received his degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland, University College. Neil is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants and the Maryland Society of Accountants.

Ivan Moseyko, CPA, MBA
Ivan Moseyko serves as the audit manager on the engagement. Ivan is responsible for the planning and management, hands on, of our audit and other attestation and accounting engagements. He also serves as the Firm’s technical reviewer in these engagements. He has in-depth and extensive experience in public accounting service.

Ivan, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) expert in audit, review and compilation services, had been assurance manager at BDO Seidman, LLP and had previously served as audit supervisor at Gelman, Rosenberg and Freedman.

“Ivan’s accounting know-how and audit management capabilities are second-to-none. His depth of experience serving the auditing needs of non-profits of all shapes and sizes, be they local community agencies or national and international foundations, makes him a perfect fit at MMA.

In addition to his CPA designation, Ivan holds a B.A. degree from McDaniel College and a M.B.A., with a concentration in management and finance, from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.