Photograph by: Monica Parkkonen Godwin & Associates, CPA A fter beginning a career at a small local “The role of a CPA as a trusted advisor has been accounting firm, Jonathan Godwin felt downplayed and turned into commoditized that the old way of doing things wasn’t number-crunching,” says Jonathan. “We are more adequate. Ten years later, Godwin & than that to our clients. We do this because we Associates CPA is still learning new ways of love it, and our clients need it.” doing things. A graduate of Clemson University, Jonathan tries Godwin will assist clients with the “givens” of to be a coffee and wine snob in his spare time – 109 Laurens Road accounting and tax work. However, Jonathan when he’s not pretending to read while napping. Greenville and his wife, Meghan, are more passionate about 864.233.4055 seeing clients succeed in every aspect of their www.godwincpa.com businesses and not just minding the calendar for CPA tax filings. 12 behind the counter | 2012