What Clare Accounting Stands For
Focus on growing your business, leave the accounting to us
What We Stand For
Our Mission
Clare Accounting Group’s mission is to partner with individuals and businesses, to provide them with superior financial accounting solutions and to give them the freedom to concentrate more time, energy and effort on building their businesses.
Our Values
Integrity, Commitment, Simplicity, Teamwork, and Quality
Clare Accounting Partners
Focus on growing your business, leave the accounting to us.
Denise Clare, Managing Partner, CPA
Denise has held a Certified Public Accountant license in Washington State since 1994. She has over 25 years of experience working with small, medium and large companies in various industries such as Real Estate Investors, Construction, Wholesale Distribution, Retail, Service and Non-Profit. Denise is devoted to helping her clients succeed and meet all their compliance obligations as well as serving their bookkeeping, tax preparation, tax planning, payroll processing and financial accounting needs. She also enjoys working with individual tax clients, providing tax planning and preparation services to maximize their after-tax income.
In her free time Denise enjoys cooking, biking, and spending time with her family.
Ben Clare, Partner, CPA
Ben is a Certified Public Accountant who has been working in the accounting industry for over 8 years. He graduated with his Master’s in Accounting with an emphasis in Taxation from the University of Utah. Ben has experience working with both small and large multi-state tax business clients and enjoys finding solutions that fit client’s needs. He also has experience with individual tax returns, sales tax returns and accounting & bookkeeping. Ben is dedicated to serving his clients’ accounting needs so they can put their focus on their business.
When Ben is not working he enjoys skiing, golfing, fishing, spending time with family, and cheering on the Seahawks & Mariners!
Clare Accounting Team Members
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Carissa Cooper
Partner, Director of Client Services
Carissa has a passion for helping others and finding the best solution for her clients' needs. She has 6 years of accounting experience. 5 of these years have been in public accounting where she prepared financials, sales tax returns, payroll tax returns, and individual and business income tax returns. She is originally from Boise, Idaho and has spent the last 8 years in Salt Lake City, Utah. Carissa dual majored in accounting and finance and received her Bachelors of Science degree from Westminster College. Upon receiving her undergraduate degree she attended the University of Utah where she received her Master's in Accounting with emphasis in taxation.
Carissa has a sound background in all entity types, QuickBooks, and accounting. She was raised with a phenomenal work ethic and pride in delivering on all she is asked to do. Additionally, she has a working understanding of financial markets, financial performance issues, and analytics of the same. Carissa has a strong moral fiber with keen interest and ability to operate within established time frames and under pressure. Her interests outside of work consist of skiing, white water rafting, cooking, and spending quality time with family. Here at Clare Accounting Group we are happy to welcome her to our team and look forward to her contributions. -
Scott Clare
Client Relations and Business Development
With over 35 years of business experience and having founded and managed a Grocery Distribution Company in Western Washington, he has extensive knowledge in the area of business development. All our client’s businesses are unique, and he loves learning about each of them. His passion is to use his experience to help other small business owners with everything from their accounting needs to providing insights into improving operations and overall efficiency.
He enjoys spending time with family, skiing, fly fishing, sailing and biking on the Burke-Gilman Trail to the Fremont Brewery and other area breweries. -
Emily Jerome
Accounting Associate
Emily brings over 5 years of experience in preparing and maintaining financial records for our clients. She excels in recording transactions, verifying and reconciling accounts, generating financial reports, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. In addition to her accounting role, Emily has over 2 years of experience as an Administrative Assistant, where she effectively managed events and maintained organizational efficiency. Her dedication to client service and organizational excellence ensures that Clare Accounting Group stays ahead of our clients’ tax needs.
Family-oriented and passionate about the outdoors, Emily enjoys spending quality time with her young children when she's not helping clients.