The Plante & Moran Flint, Mich., office is located in Genesee County near the Flint River about 60 miles northwest of Detroit. We have more than 50 financial advisors and staff members providing consulting services to the auto dealer, construction, government, manufacturing & distribution, not-for-profit, and services industries.
Flint boasts a burgeoning business community and is the fourth largest city in Michigan.
Recognitions
Plante & Moran has been named one of FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work for” the past 12 consecutive years. In 2009, Plante & Moran was the leading accounting and management-consulting firm on the list. The firm was also cited as one of 18 “Great Companies for Millennials” by HRE magazine.
For the second consecutive year, Leadership Development magazine named Plante & Moran to its annual list of the Top 100 Leadership Development Programs. We ranked first in the “small-to-midsize organizations” and “large consulting groups” categories.
In September 2008, Plante & Moran was honored by the University of Michigan-Flint’s School of Management for doing outstanding work in its communities. The firm won the Regional Business Award. "What I consider this to be is the business Oscar for mid-center and southeast Michigan businesses," said Jack Helmuth, dean of the university. "When we see the Michigan economy struggling, we lose site of the fact that we have some firms that are making some outstanding contributions to their communities."
Community Involvement
Plante & Moran Flint genuinely cares about our community. Individually and collectively, our staff donates thousands of hours annually to help make our communities better.
So what does Flint do to give back to its community? To begin, our financial advisors in Flint are active in Habitat for Humanity; participation came as a result of an officewide desire to participate in something beyond contributing money or goods. Each year, Flint also adopts needy families over the holidays. The families provide lists of items they need/want, and staff purchase and deliver the items to the families.
The Plante & Moran Flint office also participates in any firmwide community service initiatives. For 2008-2009, Plante & Moran offices are working with an organization to send care packages to U.S. troops fighting overseas. Each office is donating snacks, condiments, games, and toiletries and working together to assemble these care packages to send them off to our troops.
Sustainability
All of us at Plante & Moran have long prided ourselves as on being responsible corporate and community citizens, so it’s only natural that we adopt an even stronger environmentally friendly and sustainable approach going forward. We’ve made significant strides in the areas of building design and furnishings, energy efficiency, paper conservation, and environmental awareness/waste reduction. Here are just a few of the initiatives currently in place:
- Each staff has work tools that allow remote access and document sharing from different locations. This has reduced gas consumption and provided greater flexibility while improving collaboration.
- We use energy-efficient light bulbs throughout the office as well as “green” cleaning products.
- We scan documents as much as possible so hard copies aren’t needed, and we e-mail newsletters to staff versus distributing hard copies.