
We provide timely practical advice to organizations. We help them manage their business...
About Us
Our Vision Statement
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Be recognized as the leader and a trusted local CPA firm in the markets we serve.
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Our Mission Statement
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We provide timely practical advice to organizations to help them manage their business. Our experienced professionals create value by facilitating the analysis, defining a roadmap and assisting in the implementation toward the desired state.
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Our History
Cruz Aldecoa, PSC is a local CPA firm founded by CPA Anthony D. Cruz in 2013 after working in KPMG LLP for almost 26 years including 13 years as an audit partner. The Firm is located in Metro Office Park in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.
We have a pool of experienced professionals with audit and business backgrounds readily available to serve in key engagement positions. These professionals are engaged on a contract basis, as needed for any of our engagements. They are not only experienced professionals in various industries, but most have major CPA firm experience. This combined experience is what adds value to our clients.
We have significant experience in audits, data analysis, internal audits, risk assessments, internal controls, policies and procedures, process reviews, compliance, accounting and other financial matters.
We have successfully dealt from large and complex engagements to small local businesses as auditors and as business advisors. Many of our team members also have worked in the private sector. This unique combination of experience provides valuable perspective of the risks and challenges our clients face.
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Our ability to provide practical advice on how to address business situations, to change and react quickly and timeliness are the three main factors we believe drive client satisfaction.
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Our Areas of Practice
Business Advisory Services
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Accounting and Finance
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Financial Reporting
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Business and Process Improvements
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Financial Assessments
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Policies and Procedures
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Internal Controls
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Compliance
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Internal Audit and Monitoring Activities
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Federal Grants Management
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Governance
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Due Diligence
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Risk Assessments
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Trainings
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Loan Staff
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Audit Support
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Industry Experience
Manufacturing, Sales & Distribution and Services
Financial Services
· Financial Institutions
· Insurance
Public Service:
· Higher Education
· Government
· Not-For-Profit Organizations
Employee Benefit Plans
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How can we help you?
BUDGET, FORECAST & CASH FLOW ANALYSES
Are resources being used in an effective matter?
We can help you evaluate the proper use of your company resources by helping you structure a budget process that considers key activities designed to help you achieve your business goals. We can also assist in monitoring your budgeting process, cash flow needs and forecast financial results throughout the year.
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT REVIEW
Is there an area that you feel is not working efficiently or effectively?
We can perform an evaluation of a business process to determine if you are optimizing your resources and verify if the process is being carried out in an efficient and effective manner.
GOVERNANCE ADVISORY SERVICES
Do you feel the need to have a financial expert assisting or serving as a sounding board to your top executives, Board of Directors, Audit Committee or CEO?
We can provide advisory support to management and those charged with governance in areas of audit, finance, accounting, internal controls and financial reporting.
YEAR-END CLOSING ASSISTANCE
Is the timeliness of your external audit affecting your business?
We can help expedite the year-end closing and the audit process. We can develop a year-end closing plan together with your staff to make the year-end closing process much quicker and efficient. We can also work with your external auditors to help them get the audit done quicker.
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Don’t have sufficient time to establish or update your written policies and procedures?
Having problems maintaining consistency in the way your organization operates?
Are you worried about the continuance of operations in the event of turnover of key personnel?
We can help you establish or update written policies and procedures which drives consistency in the way officers and employees carry out their day-to-day operations. It also provides a roadmap for others to follow in the event key employees leave your organization.
COMPLIANCE REVIEWS
Do you want to be sure you are in compliance with regulatory, contractual or organizational matters?
We can structure a program to help you verify or monitor compliance.
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING TRAININGS
Does it feel that you don’t get much value from general training programs?
We can provide tailored training programs for your staff, management and Board members on accounting, finance, internal controls and financial reporting topics.
LOANED STAFF
Need to complete an accounting or financial task but don’t have the time or internal resources? We can loan experienced professionals for short periods of time to help you complete those important tasks that you simply don’t have the time or internal resources.
DOCUMENTATION AND TESTING OF INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
Do you need to strengthen your internal controls?
Our Firm has extensive experience documenting and testing internal controls, whether it be a focused approach for a small business process or major business processes in a complex environment.
INTERNAL AUDIT OUTSOURCING, CO-SOURCING AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES
Are you having a hard time retaining or recruiting high quality internal auditors?
Do you need to audit an area but don’t have enough resources?
High quality internal auditors are always on demand but difficult to hire and retain. We can provide a group of experienced auditors to expand your internal audit reach ranging from a specific monitoring activity over a business process to a full outsourcing of your internal audit function. Our Firm can help you set a plan, focus on high risk areas, execute the audits and report the results. We can also assist in providing continuous improvement recommendations to your existing internal audit function.
List of Clients Recently Served By Our Firm

​Universidad del Sagrado Corazón- Provided support to the University's Finance Team in areas of revenue estimation, budget, cash flows, forecasts, financial impact analyses, federal grants management, governance and financial reporting.
University of Puerto Rico- Provided technical support in accounting and federal grants management. Evaluated documentation of federal grants transactions.
United Way of Puerto Rico- Established procedures for management of of federal grants. Provided technical support over accounting and federal grants management. Developed policies and procedures over the procurement process. Developed a dashboard for the Governing Board on use of federal grants.
Modern Hairstyling Institute- Developed policies and procedures for management of federal grants including procurement.
Popular Insurance- Assist in due diligence procedures over insurance companies doing business with Grupo Popular.
Banco Cooperativo de Puerto Rico- Provided outsourcing of the internal audit function including the preparation of the General Internal Audit Plan.
KPMG LLP- Provide audit support for the audit of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico engagement.
Municipality of San Juan- Serve as project leader and liaison for the Single Audit process. Provide technical support on accounting, federal grants management and financial reporting.
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority- Served as technical support on accounting and financial reporting.
Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust- Provide technical support on accounting and federal grants management. Helped develop policies and procedures for the procurement process. Performed monitoring procedures over compliance with the Davis Bacon Act, Provided technical support on the implementation of ASC 842, Leases.
Ricoh of Puerto Rico- Provided technical support on the implementation of ASC 842, Leases and ASC 606 Revenue Recognition.
Puerto Rico Telephone Company (DBA Claro de Puerto Rico)- Provided technical support on the implementation of ASC 842, Leases and ASC 606 Revenue Recognition. Provided training to personnel on these two accounting standards.
Meet the President
CPAÂ Anthony D. Cruz
Throughout his career, Anthony has served a wide range of clients from small local businesses to large and complex entities. Since he founded the Firm in 2013, he has devoted most of his time advising clients on how to address and reduce their financial risks. Most of our clients are large local businesses or multinational subsidiaries. While in KPMG LLP he served clients in many industries, including public companies filing with the SEC and regulated entities. Some of his clients included the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Oriental Financial Group, Triple-S Management Corporation, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, GE Group, Pfizer, Inc among many others.
Anthony served one year as a member of the KPMG Partnership Council and was a member for three years of the audit quality performance review program. He was also designated as a National Employee Benefit Resource Partner and a National Single Audit Concurring Review Partner.
Anthony has also served as instructor in numerous training events throughout his career. While in KPMG he served as a National Instructor. He is also an instructor in training programs offered by the Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has also participated in numerous other events sponsored by other professional organizations, government entities and private companies.
Anthony was a member of the governing board of the Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants and Chairman of its Audit Committee for two years. He is also an active member various committees of that organization.
Anthony was the Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the not-for-profit organization P.E.C.E.S. Inc. for three years and currently serves as member of their golf tournament committee.
CPAÂ ANTHONY D. CRUZ
President
CRUZ ALDECOA, PSC

Meet the Team
Anthony D. Cruz is involved in most of our engagements. However, he constantly works with other team members depending on the size and complexity of the engagement. We have a pool of professionals that are readily available to serve in key engagement positions. All our team members work on a contract basis and are used in engagements when needed. Most professionals are former Big 4 auditors with private business background. We currently work with 5 professionals in different engagements. However, we have used up to 11 professionals at the same time to serve our clients. Two current team members are former senior managers of KPMG LLP. We also work with former KPMG seniors and supervising seniors in various of our engagements. All team members have more than 15 years of experience.
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We also use an IT Technical Resource who previously served as a consulting manager of a large national accounting firm. The resource is a CPA and a CISA with over 15 years of public accounting experience.
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Contact Us
Metro Office Park
Street 1 , Lot 2, Suite 100
Guaynabo, P.R. 00968
(787) 525-2054
