Case study · Top 25 U.S. CPA firm

Aprio: zero to 50+ in one tax season

Signed in October 2025. Live in January. 50+ people at full capacity by April, built to Aprio's bar, run as its extended office.

3
months from signature to live team
50+
people at full capacity by April
25+
years in U.S. tax, held by the team's associate director
5
service lines in the expansion
Fig. 01 / The situation

Busy season was coming and domestic hiring wasn't going to close the gap

The alternative was an outsourcing contract: client returns prepared by an outside firm Aprio didn't control, by people Aprio had never met.

Neither option was acceptable. Aprio wanted its own team, to its own standards, live inside a quarter.

The Aprio India GCC team, working as the firm's extended office
Fig. 02 / The build

Signed to live in three months

  1. Oct 2025

    Aprio signs with Miles

    Hiring starts the same week. Aprio interviews every candidate.

  2. Jan 2026

    Tax team goes live

    Ahead of busy season, on Aprio's systems, inside Aprio's access controls.

  3. Apr 2026

    50+ people at full capacity

    Through the whole of busy season 2026.

  4. Post-season 2026

    Expanding across the firm

    Tax, Audit, CAS, Advisory and Technology.

Fig. 03 / The team

This is the calibre a GCC attracts

Hired in weeks: an associate director with 25 years in U.S. tax, senior managers with twelve and thirteen, associates in their first year. Every one from a firm your partners would recognise.

ExperienceRolePreviously
25+Associate Director, TaxEisnerAmper
13+Senior Manager, TaxEY
12+Senior Manager, AssuranceEisnerAmper
10+Manager, TaxBDO
9+Manager, Tax TrainingCognizant
6+Senior Application DeveloperCognizant
4+Senior Associate, TaxPwC
3+Senior Associate, TaxDeloitte
3+Senior Associate, TaxEY
4+Associate, TaxPwC
2+Associate, TaxSax LLP

// Roles and provenance shown. Names and photographs are published only with each team member's written consent.

Fig. 04 / What made it possible

Pipeline access, not faster recruitment

You don't source, interview and onboard a full tax team in weeks by running recruitment harder. You do it by already knowing where the people are and by the people already knowing who you are. That is what a 1.2MM+ accountant community buys.

Fig. 05 / What happened next

The expansion is the result

Having seen the quality of the people and how cleanly the team integrated, Aprio is extending the GCC well beyond tax, into Audit, CAS, Advisory and Technology. A firm that expands after one season has answered the only question that matters.

Fig. 06 / Miles Masterclass

Dave Kothari on global solutions delivery

Dave Kothari is a Partner at Aprio, leading global solutions delivery. Before Aprio, he led global operations at Kroll.

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Fig. 07 / From one firm to a network

The Aprio Alliance

Member firms build their own India capability through Miles without standing it up alone: the same open-book model, the same pipeline, live before busy season.

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U.S. firms signed so far

Aprio signed in October and was live in January. We can model a launch timeline around your firm's hiring plan and operating calendar.

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