Meet Michael R. Belfer, CPA, MST, CGMA

Michael Belfer, CPA, CGMA, is an accounting and audit partner and is the Practice Leader of the Firm’s Public Relations and Advertising Industry Group, as well as a member of the Firm’s Fashion Industry Group. Michael specializes in working with closely held businesses and entrepreneurial companies.

Michael offers clients a hands-on approach and assists them in developing tax structures, accounting systems, business plans, and financial and budget plans. He has expertise in business operations and solutions for long term business growth and also provides consulting services to emerging companies. Michael works with businesses in diverse industries: public-relations and advertising, technology and new media art galleries, diamond and jewelry, import and export, real estate, as well as manufacturing and distribution.

Michael maintains strategic relationships with leading attorneys, bankers, and business consultants throughout the New York Metropolitan area to assist his clients with their needs.

In 2023, Michael was honored as a Notable Leader in Advertising, Marketing & PR by Crain’s New York Business.

He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, and an Advisor to the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland.