About Us

For over 40 years, HHM has provided public accounting services to businesses of all sizes. We have built our firm one relationship at a time. Service excellence and client satisfaction are our main objectives. These are the qualities of HHM that make us a trusted business partner.

Our History

In 1981, a small group of partners acquired an 18-year-old certified public accounting practice in Chattanooga, TN. They set out right away to establish a firm that offers a wide variety of services for clients and a family-friendly environment for employees. Fast forward to today - the firm has since grown to include a location in Memphis, TN, and has been providing an excellent work atmosphere along with opportunities for advancement for its 20+ partners and 200+ staff members for almost 40 years. Since its founding, HHM has delivered innovative solutions and old-fashioned hard work to establish itself as one of the region’s leading public accounting firms. HHM puts its integrity, expertise, and energy to work for every single client, helping each to meet financial challenges and benefit from business opportunities as they arise.
HHM offers a wide array of accounting and financial services designed to help our clients – both companies and individuals – reach their potential. The HHM dedication to service extends to the community through our commitment to volunteerism, civic involvement, and responsible work practices.

Our Promise & Values

As we have grown as a firm, it has become more and more important to define the core values from which we develop our culture, our brand, and our business strategies. These are the core values by which we live at HHM Certified Public Accountants.

HHM CPAs pledges to listen, understand, and exceed our clients’ expectations by providing the highest quality accounting, tax, and consulting services and – in doing so – become a trusted business advisor.

Absolute Integrity

We hold ourselves to high standards and strive for excellence in all that we do. Our firm was founded on integrity and professionalism.

The Golden Rule

We treat our clients and employees with the utmost respect, adhering to the ‘Golden Rule.’

Work Hard, Play Hard

Our work is taxing (pun intended), but we emphasize work-life balance and reward our employees for their hard work.

Quality of Life

We are committed to employee development, creating opportunities for our people to achieve more. We want to see them excel in their roles and find their work fulfilling.

Community Involvement

We support our community and encourage employees to get involved.

A promise is meaningless on its own, and values enhance nothing if they are just words on a website. HHM's promise of integrity-driven client service is easily upheld by incorporating our core values in every decision we make. You can review our core values by clicking here. These basic principles serve as the foundation for every client relationship we have in place. These core values offer employees a clear set of standards and expectations, enabling our firm to grow and offer the best service possible.
These guiding principles inform our relationships with clients and co-workers. By having a clear set of standards and expectations, our firm is able to grow and offer better service. At HHM, we value integrity, trust, innovation, community involvement, and yes, even fun.

Affiliations

We are an independent member of the BDO Alliance USA, a nationwide association of independently owned local and regional accounting, consulting and service firms with similar client service goals.

By supplementing our services, the BDO Alliance USA allows us to:

  • Enhance our client services and broaden our capabilities overall
  • Expand our domestic and international coverage
  • Gain greater technical knowledge in specialty areas
  • Utilize professionals with experience in a wide range of industries
  • Access the most up-to-date technical information
  • Participate in the latest training programs
  • Utilize state-of-the-art, customized computer systems
  • Provide our clients with key contacts and sophisticated professionals throughout the U.S.

The BDO Alliance USA brings us the necessary tools to help us better serve our clients with greater flexibility, efficiency and cost effectiveness. The BDO Alliance USA is a subsidiary of BDO USA, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership. For more than 100 years, BDO has provided quality service through the active involvement of experienced and committed professionals. The firm serves clients through more than 60 offices and 550 independent Alliance firm locations nationwide. As an independent Member Firm of BDO International Limited, BDO serves multi-national clients through a global network of more 73,000 people working out of more than 1,500 offices in over 162 countries.

BDO USA, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership, is the U.S. member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of the BDO Member Firms.

Community Involvement

Community Involvement

HHM offers financial support and staff volunteer hours to numerous causes and organizations. Employees are excused from work for community service and many serve on various nonprofit and service organization boards. The partner group has a standing policy – any organization or charity that an employee is passionate about is given the firm’s support, either financially or through employee manpower.

OTHER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

The firm is also an active supporter of community growth through our involvement in the Chamber of Commerce’s Chattanooga Climbs initiative and is a Silver-Level Chamber Champion.

HHM has been recognized in various ways for its commitment to corporate responsibility, including:

  • 2023 America's Best Tax And Accounting Firms
  • 2022 INSIDE Public Accounting Best of the Best Firm
  • 2022 Forbes Top Recommended Tax and Accounting Firm in the US
  • 2021 Commercial Appeal’s Memphis Top Workplaces
  • 2021 Edge Magazine's Best Places to Work
  • 2021 INSIDE Public Accounting Top 200 Firm
  • 2021 INSIDE Public Accounting Best of the Best Firm
  • 2020 Forbes Top Recommended Tax and Accounting Firm in the US
  • 2020 INSIDE Public Accounting Top 200 Firm
  • 2019 Times Free Press Best of the Best Accounting Firm
  • 2019 INSIDE Public Accounting Top 5 Best of the Best Accounting Firm
  • 2019 INSIDE Public Accounting Fastest-Growing Best of the Best Firm
  • 2019 INSIDE Public Accounting Top 200 Firm
  • 2019 INSIDE Public Accounting Best of the Best Firm
  • 2018 Times Free Press Best of the Best Accounting Firm
  • 2018 INSIDE Public Accounting Top 200 Firm
  • 2018 INSIDE Public Accounting Best of the Best Firm
  • 2017 INSIDE Public Accounting Top 10 Fastest-Growing Best of the Best Firm
  • 2016 INSIDE Public Accounting Best of the Best Firm
  • 2016 INSIDE Public Accounting Top 10 Fastest-Growing Best of the Best Firm
  • 2015 INSIDE Public Accounting Best of the Best Firm
  • 2015 INSIDE Public Accounting Top 10 Fastest-Growing Best of the Best Firm
  • 2013 INSIDE Public Accounting Best of the Best Firm
  • 2013 Nomination for Young Professionals Friendly Business of the Year
  • 2009 Named one of the Best Accounting Firms to Work for by Accounting Today
  • 2009 Cornerstone Historic Preservation Award
  • 2008 Corporate Philanthropist of the Year from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Southeastern Tennessee Chapter
  • 2007 Young Professionals Friendly Employer of the Year
  • 2006 Chattanooga American Business Ethics Award
  • 2005 Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award

HHM SUPPORTS

The firm is a strong supporter of many community events, non-profits, and charities such as:

  • Accounting & Financial Women's Association
  • AGC of East Tennessee
  • AIM Center, Inc.
  • American Heart Association
  • Association of Visual Arts
  • Bethel Bible Village
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters
  • Bledsoe County Fair Association
  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Memphis
  • Boys and Girls Club of Chattanooga
  • Carson Newman Baseball
  • Celebration of Valor Luncheon
  • CGLA Odyssey Luncheon
  • Chambliss Center for Children
  • Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Chattanooga Ballet
  • Chattanooga Football Club
  • Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition
  • Chattanooga Room in the Inn
  • Chattanooga State Foundation Dinner of Firsts
  • Chattanooga Times Free Press Non-Profits Feature
  • Chattanooga Convention & Visitor's Bureau
  • Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute
  • Chattanooga Zoo
  • CHI Memorial PINK!
  • Collierville Chamber of Commerce
  • Elmwood Cemetery
  • Erlanger Health System
  • Fairyland Elementary School
  • FedEx Pilots' Wives Association
  • Feed the Front Line Workers
  • Germantown Chamber of Commerce
  • Greater Memphis Auto Dealer's Association
  • Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Hart Gallery
  • Honoring the Sacrifice Foundation
  • Hospice of Chattanooga
  • Hunter Museum of American Art
  • Idlewild Presbyterian Church
  • Junior Achievement of Chattanooga, East Tennessee, Memphis, Ocoee Region
  • Komen Foundation
  • Malcolm Smith Motorsports Foundation
  • McKamey Animal Center
  • Memphis Opportunity Scholarship Trust
  • Malcolm Smith Motorsports Foundation
  • Memphis Recovery Centers
  • Memphis Restaurant Association
  • Northwest Georgia Transportation Club
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • Rotary Clubs of Chattanooga and Memphis
  • Shelby County Humane Society
  • Signal Centers
  • Siskin Children's Institute
  • St Andrew's Sewanee School
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital + Dream House
  • Streets Ministries, Inc.
  • THRIVE Memphis
  • Women of Distinction of Greater Chattanooga