McBride, Lock & Associates, LLC has always pursued the highest standards in bringing quality professionals into our firm. We emphasize professionals who are graduates of respected universities with excellent communication skills. Quite frankly, GPA is not our highest determinant in our hiring. While we do have a good number of high GPA professionals, we want and we have individuals who are hard-working and committed to our mission of quality. The skill sets and attributes that our team possesses include:

• Good Communicator
• Hard Working
• Working Smart
• Professional Appearance
• Dedicated to quality and maintaining ethical standards

These attributes sum up our hiring practices and our professional staff. We are blessed to be served by top notch universities in the Midwest. We are also blessed to have a very affordable life style and high ethics in Kansas City. While our personnel are used to traveling throughout the country, we keep the Midwestern attitude. This attitude includes honesty and treating those we audit and serve with respect. We take the time to do it the right way.

Our staff all have accounting degrees, most with Masters’ degrees and a high percentage with a CPA license. All of our team members have the same directive of respect and diligence in their efforts.

Our audit team consists of:

• Partners
• Managers
• Seniors
• Staff Auditors

This team approach allows us to work smart, effectively and efficiently.