#BNetworked: Verdeja, De Armas, and Trujillo LLP
With over 7,000 alumni around the world and with a reinvigorated desire to showcase our alumni, Belen launched #BNetworked in December 2018.
“The goal is to highlight companies which are either alumni owned or have a group of alumni that work together. We aim to showcase how the bonds formed at Belen, regardless of graduation year, unite alumni both in their professional and personal lives,” said Carlos Bravo ‘86, Alumni Association Executive Director.
The next company to be profiled is Verdeja, De Armas, and Trujillo LLP. This CPA firm is located in Coral Gables.
The following questions were answered by Tab Verdeja '99, one of the firm's partners:
How many alumni work at the company? We have 7 alumni at the firm. The alumni who work at the firm are: Managing Partner: Octavio A. Verdeja '77, Partners: Tab Verdeja '99 and Alex Trujillo '98. Frankie Romero '10, Javier Verdeja '09, Alex Fornino '10 and Andy Portuondo '02.
What are the advantages of working with fellow alumni? Our firm is as great as the people we work with and the clients we serve. We are happy to employ so many Belen alumni and provide accounting services to a wide variety of businesses owned by Belen alumni. Belen alumni, no matter the class/year provide us with well-rounded, knowledgeable, trustworthy, and loyal employees. We consider our Belen alumni to be leaders. Three of our firm’s partners, including the managing partner, are Belen alumni. There is a bond that is made with other alumni and we take pride in hiring and servicing other alumni.
In summary, what does your company do? Full service accounting firm. We specialize in schools, non-profits, and family businesses in South Florida.
Do you have any job openings? Yes, we are always looking for audit/tax staff, seniors, and managers.
What are you most proud of? We are proud of the growth of our firm over the last 40 years and of our employees (especially Belen alumni) who have been a part of it.
All the Belen alumni who work at the firm can be contacted by alumni via the BConnected platform on belenalumni.org.
Are you an alumnus with a company and have your Belen brothers working with you? Do you work at a company with several alumni? If so, we want to hear from you! Email us a group photo and indicate the name of the company and those pictured from left to right including graduation year to alumni@belenjesuit.org.
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Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.