Sotolongo & Associates, P.A.

We are a full service CPA firm with a focus on strengthening our clients' organizations. We focus not just on traditional accounting, audit, and tax matters, but also on issues that are important to our client’s success.

Meet Our Founder:

Emil Sotolongo, CPA*, CICA is the president and founder of Sotolongo & Associates, P.A. With almost 20 years of experience in private and public accounting, Emil has obtained expertise in a wide variety of industries. He has extensive accounting and auditing knowledge in industries such as HUD Compliance, OMB-133 Compliance, Florida Single Audits, charter schools, private schools, daycare and after-school centers, universities and post secondary schools, not-for-profit entities, insurance companies, condominium associations, 401(k) plans, oil and gas companies, prepaid health clinics, health maintenance organizations (HMO’s), foreign banks, mortgage lenders and correspondents, real estate investment funds, construction companies, homebuilders, and equipment and parts distributors. Emil’s experience also includes agreed upon procedures and due diligence engagements. He has performed forensic examinations and provided litigation support on audit and financial reporting matters. Emil also has extensive experience in tax matters pertaining to individuals, small business, and not for profit entities.

Emil was recently Director of Accounting and Auditing Services at a top 25 CPA firm in South Florida, where he headed up that firm's accounting and audit practice. He was responsible for conducting financial statement audits, financial reporting engagements, and providing advisory services to clients.  While at that firm, Emil performed numerous in-house continuing professional education seminars in accounting and auditing topics, and was responsible for the firm’s system of quality control.

Emil was formerly the treasurer of  a not for profit organization with over 400 employees that served the health needs of over 25,000 children in South Florida.

In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant, Emil is a Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA) and a member of the Institute for Internal Controls. He is also a member of  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA). He is also a Section member in the FICPA’s accounting and auditing, CIRA, and State and Local government sections. Emil is a graduate of Florida International University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance.

Emil is a former member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Committee on Accounting Principles and Auditing Standards and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Accounting and Auditing Steering Section Committee.

*Regulated by the State of Florida.