Doug Hayes, CPA

Doug graduated from Clemson University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting degree and in 1997 with a Master of Professional Accountancy degree.  He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in South Carolina and North Carolina.

For the first sixteen years of his career, he worked at two large regional CPA firms located in Charlotte, NC and Greenville, SC where he worked extensively with private equity and other investment groups structuring deals, providing tax optimization strategies and performing tax due diligence analysis as well as providing tax compliance services for clients across a variety of industries, including manufacturing and distribution, real estate and construction companies with multi-state and international operations as well as investors and entrepreneurs.  He also served as an income tax technical resource.

In 2014, Doug and two partners formed Assure Professional, LLC, a boutique CPA firm specializing in M&A due diligence, income tax consulting, and IT audit services.  In 2022, he created Hayes Tax and Consulting, LLC to continue his tax and consulting practice. 

Doug continues to serve many of the same clients that he has for the last twenty years while also looking to grow his practice.  

Since November 2013, Doug has also served as the Treasurer for the Board of Directors of the Project Hope Foundation, a nonprofit based in Greenville, SC that provides educational and therapeutic services to the autism community, at its seven campuses in upstate South Carolina.