W Michael Buchanan Certified Public Accountant

BPM provides meaningful, comprehensive financial and business counsel. We are experts in accounting, tax, and finance, and our people are distinguished by their knowledge, discipline, and unremitting commitment to the success of clients.

Founded in 1986, BPM is one of the largest California-based accounting and consulting firms, ranking in the top 50 in the country. With multiple offices across the Bay Area, BPM serves emerging and mid-cap businesses as well as high-net-worth individuals in a broad range of industries, including financial services, technology, life science, manufacturing, food, wine and craft brewing, automotive, nonprofits, real estate and construction. The Firm’s International Tax Practice is one of the largest on the West Coast and its well-recognized SEC practice serves approximately 35 public reporting companies, mostly in the technology industry.

BPM delivers the resources, expertise, and global capability of a Big Four accounting firm together with the responsiveness and accessibility of a local partner. As a select partner of Allinial Global, we have access to nearly 200 member firms in locations throughout the world. Our International Tax team is one of the largest on the West Coast, routinely dealing with client concerns around the globe.

Our firm’s dedicated professionals take pride in bringing the can-do, practical spirit of entrepreneurial vision to all of their activities. We’ve been recognized for excellence in all aspects of our business through awards such as Best Places to Work, the Excellence in Business Award, the On the Edge Innovation Award, and Top Corporate Philanthropist.

BPM’s unique people-centered culture attracts the brightest and most forward-thinking accounting professionals. From taxes and assurance to business consulting and wealth management, we deliver creative, proactive services in a cost-effective manner to help our clients achieve their distinct business and financial goals.

Our mission is to wow clients with our service, depth of knowledge and deep understanding of their business, personal, and financial goals.

Our vision is to be an innovative, independent, nationally recognized firm, known for its depth and breadth of services and for connecting our clients and our people to the knowledge, resources, and communities they need to be successful in work and life.