Richardson Kontogouris Emerson LLP (RKE) is a Torrance, California public accounting firm serving middle-market companies in manufacturing, consumer products, real estate, construction and food and beverage. It joined Cherry Bekaert in February 2026 and now operates under the Cherry Bekaert name.
Richardson Kontogouris Emerson LLP, known as RKE, is a public accounting firm in Torrance, California, and one of the accounting firms AIMS360 lists as a partner. In February 2026 RKE joined Cherry Bekaert and now operates under the Cherry Bekaert name. This page covers both: what changed at RKE, and what an accounting firm like RKE needs from a brand that runs on AIMS360.
RKE is Richardson Kontogouris Emerson LLP, a public accounting firm headquartered in Torrance, California, with a strong presence in Los Angeles. It offers accounting, tax, financial, litigation support and strategic planning work for middle-market companies. On 17 February 2026 Cherry Bekaert announced it had acquired RKE, and RKE now operates under the Cherry Bekaert brand. If you are looking for RKE itself, start with Cherry Bekaert's announcement.
AIMS360 lists RKE as an accounting partner. That is a working relationship, not a software integration: there is no data link between AIMS360 and RKE, and none is needed. A brand runs orders, inventory, receivables and payables in AIMS360, keeps its general ledger in the accounting package it already uses, and gives its CPA the reports. The Cherry Bekaert deal changes the name on the engagement letter, not anything in the software.
What Cherry Bekaert and Accounting Today published about RKE in February 2026. These are their figures, not AIMS360's.
| What is published | Detail |
|---|---|
| Firm | Richardson Kontogouris Emerson LLP, usually shortened to RKE or RKE LLP |
| Headquarters | Torrance, California, with a strong presence in Los Angeles |
| Advising companies since | 2006, per Cherry Bekaert |
| Services | Accounting, tax, financial, litigation support and strategic planning, plus attest work |
| Industries | Middle-market companies in manufacturing and consumer products, real estate, construction, and food and beverage |
| Size in 2025 | 125 employees and 17 partners, with $40.3 million in revenue, per Accounting Today |
| Managing partner | Christian Emerson |
| Since February 2026 | Part of Cherry Bekaert, operating under the Cherry Bekaert brand |
If you searched for RKE LLP and found the name has changed, this is why.
Cherry Bekaert announced on 17 February 2026 that it had acquired RKE. Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC took on RKE's business advisory, tax and other non-attest services, and Cherry Bekaert LLP took on its attest assets. RKE now operates under the Cherry Bekaert brand.
An advisory, tax and assurance firm headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Accounting Today ranked it No. 20 on its 2025 Top 100 Firms list, with 183 partners, more than 1,800 employees and 47 offices.
Managing partner Christian Emerson said joining Cherry Bekaert gives RKE's customers access to broader resources while they keep the RKE professionals they already work with. Cherry Bekaert described the deal as growth on the West Coast.
Nothing in the software. There is no connection to repoint and no data to move. Update the firm name and contacts you keep on file, and send the same reports to the same people under the new name.
An integration is software talking to software. A partner is a firm you hire. RKE is the second kind, and the accounting integrations are the first.
| Integration | Partner | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A data connection between AIMS360 and another system | A company AIMS360 works with that adds something beyond a data connection |
| What you get | Records moving between systems without rekeying | A service AIMS360 does not provide, such as tax, audit or advisory work |
| Who you pay | Part of your AIMS360 setup | The firm, on its own terms |
| Accounting examples | QuickBooks, Xero, Sage and Business Central | RKE, Fineman West, Baker Tilly and MGO |
AIMS360 does not sign tax returns, issue audit opinions or advise on entity structure. Those belong with a licensed firm. The software list is on the accounting integrations page.
RKE lists manufacturing and consumer products among its industries. Those are the companies whose books turn on inventory, so these are the numbers a CPA asks for first.
| What the firm asks for | Where it comes from in AIMS360 |
|---|---|
| Inventory value on the closing date | Stock by style, color and size on one record, valued at average or weighted average cost, with freight and duty carried into landed cost |
| Work in process | Production tracking holds the quantity at each stage per size, so goods out at a contractor are a reported number, not a year-end guess |
| Cost of goods sold | Calculated from the bill of materials and the production that consumed it, then posted to your ledger |
| Receivables aging | By customer, division, factor or salesperson, with factored and house balances apart, exported to Excel or PDF |
| Payables and vendor bills | Bills matched to the purchase order and the receipt before approval, across vendor POs, cut tickets, garment dye and contractor work |
| Shipping cut-off | The invoice is raised from the completed pick ticket, so the ship date and the invoice date come from the same event |
| Retailer deductions | Chargebacks logged against the shipment and the rule that caused them, and tracked to resolution |
The point is not that the numbers exist. Most brands have them in four places that disagree. AIMS360 keeps them on one record, so the inventory report, the aging and the ledger tie out. Read how the money side works on AIMS360 accounting, accounts receivable and accounts payable.
Six steps where your accountant belongs in the room, whether that is RKE, Cherry Bekaert or another firm.
Tell your AIMS360 implementation manager who your CPA is and how to reach them. The rollout is run by the AIMS360 in-house team; the firm joins for the finance decisions.
AIMS360 owns inventory value, COGS, AR aging, factor assignments, chargebacks and commissions. Your ledger and your CPA own the statements and the tax filing.
Someone who knows your chart of accounts maps how invoices, payments, credits, AP bills and COGS post into your ledger. An hour there saves a quarter of cleanup.
The ledger connection keeps AIMS360 and your books in step from go-live forward. It does not fix history, so the opening balances are agreed before day one.
If you factor, set terms codes such as Net 30 Factored and Net 30 House, so the two populations of receivables never mix in a report.
Pull the aging, inventory valuation and AP reports after the first close and compare them with the ledger while the questions are still small.
Taken from the AIMS360 partners page on 3 November 2026. Each firm sets its own scope and fees.
| Firm | What the AIMS360 partners page says |
|---|---|
| RKE, now Cherry Bekaert | Full service public accounting firm in Torrance, California, covering accounting, tax and financial planning |
| Fineman West & Company | Los Angeles accounting, tax and advisory firm with over 40 years in business; the firm says about 60% of its book is apparel |
| Baker Tilly (formerly Moss Adams) | Accounting, tax and advisory firm; Moss Adams combined with Baker Tilly in June 2025 |
| MGO | Accounting and advisory firm offering assurance, tax, advisory and outsourcing services |
Cherry Bekaert announced on 17 February 2026 that it had acquired Richardson Kontogouris Emerson LLP (RKE). RKE now operates under the Cherry Bekaert brand. Its non-attest services moved to Cherry Bekaert Advisory LLC and its attest assets to Cherry Bekaert LLP.
RKE is headquartered in Torrance, California, and has a strong presence in Los Angeles, according to Cherry Bekaert's announcement.
Accounting, tax, financial, litigation support and strategic planning work, plus attest work, for middle-market companies, founders and private investors in Southern California.
Cherry Bekaert lists manufacturing and consumer products, real estate, construction, and food and beverage as RKE's industries.
No. This is AIMS360's page about RKE as an accounting partner. To reach the firm itself, start with Cherry Bekaert's announcement, since RKE now operates under the Cherry Bekaert name. AIMS360 does not handle RKE engagements.
No. RKE is a partner, a firm you engage directly. There is no software connection between AIMS360 and RKE, and none is needed, because an accounting firm works from your reports and your ledger. The software connections are on the accounting integrations page.
No. AIMS360 implements AIMS360, with its in-house team and a named implementation manager. Your accountant takes part in the finance decisions, such as the chart of accounts mapping and the opening balances.
No. There is no connection to repoint and no data to move. Update the firm name and contacts you keep on file, and keep sending the same reports.
No. QuickBooks Online, Desktop and Enterprise and Xero sync two ways, Sage Intacct and Sage 100 connect through connections AIMS360 builds and maintains, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central is scoped with your implementation team. Your CPA keeps working in the ledger they know.
Receivables aging by customer, factor or division, payables aging, inventory valuation by style, color and size, COGS, chargebacks and sales rep commissions. Aging reports export to Excel or PDF.
Factored and house receivables stay apart. Factor approvals and assignments are recorded on the orders and invoices, and factor statements are reconciled in AIMS360. See factor approvals and assignments.
No. AIMS360 records what happened and produces the numbers. A CPA firm decides how they are treated, signs the work lenders and factors rely on, and handles tax and planning.
An advisory, tax and assurance firm headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Accounting Today ranked it No. 20 on its 2025 Top 100 Firms list, with 183 partners, more than 1,800 employees and 47 offices.
Bring your chart of accounts to a demo. We will show where an invoice, a vendor bill and a factored receivable land, and what your CPA gets at close.
