We at Morgan Garris select and retain employees with a proven history appropriate to meeting our clients’ needs. We are committed to maintaining a low-overhead business model, enabling us to pass those savings along to our clients. All of our consultants have significant, practical experience; most all are certified in their specialty. When you need a team of trained financial professionals to resolve an issue, whether it is a multi-year reconciliation effort or the redesign of a business process, our solutions oriented consultants can help.
Click here to read about Morgan Garris Leadership.
Our Vision, Mission, and Values
Vision
To be the recognized leader in providing financial and operational solutions to decision makers and internal audit.
Mission
We provide solutions that are valued by our clients, free from conflict of interest, and customized to their needs.
Values
-
Trust, Honesty & Credibility
We will operate with the highest ethical standard. -
People are the Foundation of Our Business
We succeed because of the strength, experience, and commitment of our people. We value and respect each other, celebrate our successes, and learn from our setbacks. -
Innovation
We believe in technology, the spirit of entrepreneurship, and teamwork to pursue customer-oriented solutions that meet or exceed our clients' needs. We are action-oriented, fast-paced, and committed to excellence. -
Quality
We strive for high quality professional results and welcome ideas to improve our processes.
Morgan Garris Leadership
Sam H. Carr, President
Sam Carr has thirty years of experience in accounting, auditing, financial management, and consulting. Sam has focused much of his career on process improvement and redesign. More specifically, his interests are focused on the proper documentation of internal controls and validation of controls most important to accurate and timely financial reporting.
Sam is a finance and operations executive with broad-based experience that includes twelve years as a CFO or Chief Accounting Officer in mid-sized private and public corporations and fourteen years with an international public accounting firm. Sam orchestrated an Initial Public Offering of a consolidation of dental practices throughout the United States. In addition to his IPO experience, he owns a powerful track record of demonstrated skills in a wide range of business environments including structuring financing, mergers and acquisitions, and growth companies.
At Morgan Garris, Sam has managed several international implementations of the requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. These included the design of the documentation repositories and formats, validation protocols, as well as coordination with independent auditors to maximize reliance. He served as a lead consultant regarding remediation of issues related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), including the development of internal control procedures well beyond the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley.
Sam has also served as the engagement leader for the outsourced internal audit department of a public oilfield technology company. The outsourcing involved the creation of the internal audit plan, testing design and execution, and regular interaction with the audit committee and senior management.
Education and Certifications
- MBA from University of New Mexico
- BBA in Accounting, University of Texas at Austin
- Certified Public Accountant
- Certified Internal Auditor
- Certified Information Systems Auditor
Guy M. Morgan, Vice-President
Guy Morgan is a financial executive with a proven track record, with the unique combination of both direct responsibility of financial operations holding positions as Corporate Controller and Chief Financial Officer, and has also held the position of Director of Internal Auditing for public companies. Guy has firsthand knowledge of the challenges each financial office encounters, and he also understands the controls that must be in place.
Guy is one of the founding members of Morgan Garris Consulting, LLC. He opened the firm with the vision of utilizing his knowledge of financial operations to assisting companies improve their business processes. Through Morgan Garris, Guy has helped many public companies review and redesign their business processes, which has helped CFOs and CAOs have more confidence and reliance on their processes and internal controls and the accuracy of their reporting documents.
Guy has led numerous SOX engagements, assisting management to comply with their requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. During these engagements, Guy worked directly with the CEOs, CFOs, CAOs and with Corporate Audit Committee members, and he assembled and managed the SOX teams. Guy was responsible for developing the project timeline and coordinating with each company’s external auditors. Controls design and operating effectiveness issues were documented and reported to Executive Management along with recommended process improvements.
Guy has also assisted companies with internal auditing engagements that resulted with reports issued to Executive Management and to the Audit Committee.
He has also led management requested engagements, dealing with significant general ledger account reconciliations and related process improvements.
Education, Certifications & Memberships
- Bachelor of Science - Industrial Management
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio
- Certified Public Accountant
- Certified Internal Auditor