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Cara Zimmer, CPA
Director

Cara Zimmer, CPA says her childhood dream was to have her own dance studio. She started as a competitive dancer at an early age and was on her way to a degree in dance and arts management at Oklahoma City University when an accounting class changed her plans.

“I took my first accounting class and being the math and science-minded person I have always been, I was intrigued by the detail and organization of accounting.”

Cara’s Disclosures

I started college studying dance and performing in a dance company. A few fun roles included Liza Minnelli, Raggedy Ann, and Frosty the Snowman.

My absolutely favorite way to workout is Pure Barre. Barre classes strengthen both the mind and body, and allow me to touch back into my dance background.

Since I am a shorty, no one believes that my great-great-uncle Bernard Coyne was once the tallest man in the world, reaching a height of 8 feet 4 inches tall. You can find him in the Guinness Book of World Records!

 

Technical Experience

  • Financial audits, reviews, and compilations
  • Attestation examinations and agreed-upon procedures
  • HUD compliance audits
  • Cost report preparation and reimbursement consulting
 “Some may think that is the most drastic career path change they have ever heard of, but it makes perfect sense to me,” she continued. “I really like numbers, but I also love the challenges, stability, and flexibility this career offers.”

Zimmer currently serves as a Director in the Bland & Associates, P.C. (Bland) Audit Department, a position she began in 2023. In this role, she is heavily focused on the firm’s health care and long-term care clientele, serving as both the main point of communication with the client and the lead of the team.

More specifically, Zimmer is focused on assurance work, including audits, reviews, compilations, preparing financials, and AUP procedures as well as Medicaid and Medicare cost report preparation and consulting services. She also does assurance work for not-for-profit clients and closely-held businesses and works on HUD compliance audits.

In 2012, Zimmer joined Bland as an accounting intern and went full-time in 2014 as an associate accountant and was promoted to Director in 2023.

Born and raised in Omaha, Zimmer graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an accounting specialization from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2013 and completed her master of accounting there in 2014. She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds memberships in the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), Accounting and Financial Women’s Alliance (AFWA), and the Nebraska Society of CPAs.
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