Alan Wainer Crowe Soberman Toronto Top Accounting Firm

Alan Wainer
BComm, CPA, CA

Consultant, Audit & Advisory

Alan Wainer Professional Corporation

2 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 1100, Toronto, ON, M4T 2T5

Canada

Alan Wainer is a consultant in Crowe Soberman’s Audit & Advisory Group and has been with the firm since 1984. Clients and colleagues describe Alan as trustworthy, reliable and always looking out for their best interest. He is professional with a personal touch. He is a former member of the Management Committee, was the partner-in-charge of Education and was a Human Resources Partner.

Alan is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Toronto. In 2003, Alan completed the Canadian Association of Family Enterprises (CAFÉ) Family Council Facilitator program.

He subscribes to Isadore Sharp’s business philosophy, which states “Profits are regarded not as an end in itself ... but as a reward for providing true value to your customers, helping employees grow and behaving ethically as a corporate citizen.”¹

Alan’s passion for education and his heritage has translated into the causes he is involved in outside of the office. Currently, he sits on the Dialogue for Descendants Committee, Holocaust Centre of Toronto. He is also on the Board of Governors for both the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies and The Abraham Global Peace Initiative. He is also on the board of Parachute Canada and is a volunteer reader in the Family Centre at SickKids Hospital.

¹Reference: 1. Sharp, I. (2009). Four Seasons: The story of a business philosophy. Toronto: Viking Press (Penguin Group) Canada.

Education

Graduate degree in Accounting, McGill University
Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction (BComm) Concordia University

Professional Affiliations

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)
Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario (CPA Ontario)
L’Ordre des CPA du Québec
Canadian Association of Family Enterprise (CAFE)
Member, Estate Planning Council of Toronto

Community Involvement

Dialogue for Descendants (D4D) Committee Member, Holocaust Centre of Toronto
Board of Governors, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies (FSWC)
Volunteer Reader, Family Centre, Children’s Library, SickKids Hospital
Board of Directors, Executive Committee and Chair of the Finance, Audit and Budget Committee, Parachute Canada
Board of Governors, The Abraham Global Peace Initiative (AGPI)

What can clients expect you to deliver?

"We need to understand our client’s personal and financial goals and objectives. We help them develop a plan to accomplish those goals and most importantly, when our clients leave our office, it's important that they understand and are clear and confident in the plan that's been communicated to them."