About Us
Empowering your financial journey with strategic insight. From deciphering numbers to crafting business strategies, we’re your partners in clarity and success.
Masterpiece Accounting Services
Understanding the interconnectedness of each aspect of a business, such as strategies, planning, internal operational controls, process improvements, cash flow planning, and forecasting, among others, requires knowledge and experience. This approach aims to support the business’s financial, functional, and strategic functions, contributing to the growth and expansion of a company.
We are a learning organization. We believe that learning is a process that never ends. Through the continuous improvement of our members, we are constantly being transformed from within, individually, and as an organization. Based on the application of this principle, we can then build and transform our clients’ businesses to help them achieve the goals they desire.
We are a dynamic practice that constantly seeks ways to adapt and learn, staying abreast of the latest developments in the areas of services because we believe that our clients are our greatest assets and deserve the best of our firm.
Our focus is to tailor a plan of action for small to mid-sized companies looking for a comprehensive operational and financial management design through record keeping, planning, cash management, and process improvements.
Our Vision
To live in a world where service-based small businesses operate with the information, understanding, and resources they need to be successful at what they do, and ultimately live the abundant life with those they love.
Our Mission
Our mission is to be the financial and strategic compass for businesses in the services industry. We are dedicated to guiding you through growth and expansion, ensuring long-term success, and positively impacting your personal and professional life.
Our Value Proposition
Clarity, Direction, Success.
We specialize in transforming professional-based businesses, specifically in the med spa, wellness, and beauty industries from a state of confusion and stagnation into one of clarity and purposeful direction. Our tailored approach includes developing robust financial systems, strategic planning, and effective execution, along with advanced accounting and tax planning solutions.
Our Core Values: The Pillars of Our Commitment to Excellence
At Masterpiece Accounting Services, LLC, our core values are the heartbeat of our operations and the guiding stars of our professional journey. We believe in the power of innovation to solve complex problems, embracing each challenge as an opportunity to think creatively and deliver exceptional solutions.
Understanding and Communication: We are committed to truly understanding our clients’ needs, ensuring clear and effective communication at every step. This client-centric approach is woven into our DNA.
Leadership and Expertise: Our team embodies leadership, guided by a strong academic foundation in accounting, taxation and strategic business management. Our expertise is the cornerstone of our ability to lead projects with confidence and precision.
Continuous Growth: We are dedicated to perpetual growth and improvement, both personally and as a firm. Staying abreast of the latest advancements in technology, we continuously refine our processes for optimal efficiency.
Empowerment through Knowledge: Our passion for training and coaching enables us to empower not only our team but also our clients, fostering an environment of shared learning and development.
Integrity and Reliability: Ethical practices, reliability, and responsiveness are not just promises but practices we live by daily. Our commitment to ethics and integrity is unwavering, as is our dedication to fulfilling our promises without compromising our core values.
Discipline and Persistence: Hard work and self-discipline are the fuels that drive us forward. We believe that persistence and dedication are key to overcoming any obstacle.
A Culture of Learning: Our eagerness for continuous learning keeps us at the forefront of our field, ensuring that we are always equipped to meet the evolving needs of our clients with the most current and effective strategies.
Ibanessa Soto Hogan
Masterpiece Accounting Services LLC (MAS) was founded by Ibanessa Soto Hogan. With a strong passion for learning, she earned her Bachelors Degree in Public Accounting at La Universidad Technologica de Santiago (UTESA). Ibanessa moved to New York in 1997 to continue pursuing her spiritual goals and become a better leader.
At some point during her corporate career in the United States she discovered the huge gap that small businesses had in understanding their finances and their ability to use this information to make informed decisions, leading her to start Masterpiece Accounting Services in 2011.
Ibanessa is an Enrolled Agent (EA), a license granted by the Internal Revenue Service to tax
professionals, holds a master’s in business administration with a concentration in accounting from Concordia University, is a New York licensed insurance agent.
Prior to starting MAS, Ibanessa worked in the corporate world for 15 years as an accomplished professional, accumulating extensive experience in managerial accounting, account analysis and reconciliation, and auditing. She held both junior and senior accounting positions in companies such as Coopers & Lybrand (currently Price Waterhouse Coopers), ThyssenKrupp Elevator/Dover Elevator, Frito Lay and Castle Oil Corporation.
Ibanessa, is passionate about helping her clients understand their business financial maze with clarity and expertise, and to navigate the complexities of running their organizations with confidence leading them through meaningful transformation and live a fulfilled life.
Board Member – She serves on the Board of the Chamber of Commerce of New Rochelle and on the Education Committee of the New York Chapter of the National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP).
She is also a member of the International Spa Association.
