Our Investment in Our People

At BKD, we recognize our people must be at their best to be productive and focus on their work. We truly put our people first and invest in their physical, mental and emotional well-being so they can meet our clients’ needs and provide Unmatched Client Service®. In addition, we understand that job satisfaction correlates highly to firm performance. As a result, we seek to live out our mission of providing rewarding career opportunities and invest in the development of our trusted advisors.

Click on each area below to explore how we empower our people to thrive every day:

Comprehensive Health Coverage

It’s been shown that physical health has a high correlation to career success. Because of this, we offer several benefit plans and programs to help keep our trusted advisors healthy:

Comprehensive medical and prescription coverage
Flexible spending and health savings accounts
Dental coverage
Vision coverage

Paid Leave Programs

Taking time to rejuvenate the mind and body to rest, connect, play, reflect and unplug is something we encourage BKDers to do on a regular basis to maintain peak performance. Our paid leave programs are designed to help give our people time to be with family, enjoy a vacation, spend time with a newborn or simply take a break from work. These programs include:

Paid time off
Military leave
Growing Together parental leave, with 240 hours of paid parental leave for primary caregivers and 80 hours of paid parental leave for secondary caregivers

Financial Stability

Money can be a cause of great stress, taking energy away from time spent pursuing personal and professional goals. We want our people to achieve financial wellness now and in the future so they can be free to focus on the things that matter most to them. BKD offers the following components to help our trusted advisors meet their financial goals:

Competitive salary
Traditional and Roth 401(k) options
Profit sharing plan

Philanthropy Support

Giving back and volunteering has been linked to a variety of benefits for overall well-being, leading to higher performance at work. In addition, investing in our local communities is a core part of our culture and values at BKD. We provide several options for our trusted advisors to give back:

Tax-deductible contributions to the BKD Foundation
Matching gift program for investing in accounting departments of selected colleges
Volunteer opportunities for local and national organizations
Annual United Way campaign

Life & Disability Insurance

Life doesn’t always go as planned, and we want our BKDers and their families to feel prepared for the unexpected. Our firm offers the following types of insurance for times when the unthinkable happens:

Short- and long-term disability insurance
Company-paid group life insurance
Voluntary supplemental life insurance

CPA Exam & License Support

We’re committed to supporting our people in obtaining and maintaining their CPA license as a part of providing Unmatched Client Service. We provide support in the following ways for BKDers:

Company-paid Becker CPA exam review materials
Additional paid time off for exam sittings
CPA Exam Bonus Program to encourage and reward timely passing of the CPA exam:
- $5,000 if passed prior to employment start date
- $3,000 if passed within one year of employment
- $1,500 if passed within two years of employment

Professional Development

The accounting profession is constantly changing, and we want our people to be prepared for the future as well as develop their skills for potential career opportunities. BKDers are exposed to a variety of opportunities to work with a diverse client base and experience different industries. Aside from on-the-job professional development, we invest in the development of our people through the following avenues:

Camp BKD for new associates
BKD University – Our award-winning online university with hundreds of courses, book summaries, webinars and videos
Firmwide training days
Annual Leadership Conference
Professional development through our SKY initiative

Career Mobility

As our firm continues to expand and our people develop professionally, we recognize that new interests may arise and present rewarding career opportunities. Our Career Mobility initiative encourages BKDers to transfer to new roles, which may include the following transitions: