Our Story
After owning and operating his own business, Grant Farrell’s passion for small business had only grown. Over time, Grant had interacted with dozens of individuals and small business owners who were desperate for greater back-office support. Modern business is run on real-time, accurate data, and strong analysis and business consulting. Out of a desire to better serve his clients and help small business owners in Dallas and the surrounding regions, Grant decided to launch a new type of financial services firm.
To do that, Grant first partnered with Trent Simmons, and together they launch the Hardeman Company, a family office with the mission of acquiring and managing small businesses. Hardeman has a long-term investment horizon, a concern for their companies’ legacies and the wellbeing of all stakeholders, and a commitment to always doing the right thing. Hardeman’s first acquisition was a small boutique accounting firm, which they rebranded F&H.
Over the next year, Hardeman’s internal accounting department was merged with F&H, and four additional accounting firms were acquired, expanding F&H’s footprint into Oklahoma. Additionally, F&H began serving as the outsourced back-office for all of Hardeman’s portfolio companies. Hardeman demands best-in-class service for itself and its subsidiaries. F&H is proud to bring that service to market with the full endorsement of the Hardeman family office.
Today, F&H remains passionate about teaming up with small businesses to solve problems, build healthy companies, and unlock growth. We love going above-and-beyond to help support you and your team, which is why we provide a full turn-key solution to your back-office needs. Whether you need tax help, or your books cleaned up, or strategic CFO analysis, or consulting on a big decision impacting the future of your business, we are here for you.
We are owned and operated by small business owners. We understand your needs. We are here to help.
Meet our Team
Created to Serve. Let Us Serve You.
Grant Farrell – President
A financial professional with a passion for serving individuals, businesses and their trusted advisors. Nearly two decades of experience as a consultant assisting clients with transaction, investing and valuation expertise built on a foundation as a certified public accountant (CPA) and accredited senior appraiser as a business valuation professional. Grant started his career in the big four accounting world serving in the audit & assurance practice and transaction services groups. Clients served include both public, private, national and international companies. Prior to leading F&H, Grant spent over a decade with a boutique business valuation and litigation support firm with a niche in professional sports and the oil and gas industry. This background and experience provided an opportunity to create a business valuation and transaction support firm focused on serving family offices, business owners and attorneys.
Grant has been involved with hundreds of valuation and litigation support engagements in a diverse range of industries on both a national and international level since his entry into the valuation profession in 2006. He enjoys assisting business owners and their advisors navigate value issues related to M&A negotiations, due diligence, buy-sell agreements, gift and estate planning and litigation support for business and marital dissolutions. He has amassed significant experience in the energy, professional sports, retail and professional services industries. Notable projects have included many NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, MiLB and MLS teams as well as many publicly traded exploration & production entities and quick service restaurant brands. In addition, he has experience in valuing a wide variety of intangible assets valuations, lost profits analyses, economic damage studies, forensic accounting procedures and buy-side due diligence. These engagements have been conducted for the purposes of mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, financial reporting, estate and gift taxes, allocation of purchase price, litigation support, shareholder dissent, buy-sell agreements, dissolutions, financing, and business planning.
Victor Berlizov – CPA
Victor has over 10 years of experience in tax planning, structuring and compliance for high-net-worth individuals and businesses across a wide variety of industries. This includes significant work in the real estate and extensive experience in the sophisticated planning for partnerships. He aims to be a trusted advisor and understand his clients’ entire financial picture. Victor enjoys simplifying complex tax topics, while working with the clients’ other advisors to form a team that will structure their financial affairs to create the best tax outcome. Victor received his bachelor’s degree in accounting, Magna Cum Laude, from Baruch College in 2013. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Victor and his family enjoy spending time at the beach and hiking, fishing, and most things outdoors.
Rachana Black – CPA
Rachana began her career in public accounting and has over 15 years of experience in a variety of roles from corporate taxation to full cycle accounting. Rachana's primary focus is on the accounting process for small to mid-size businesses and high net-worth individuals. She believes in partnering with her clients to ensure their business back office support services and financial needs are met so clients can focus on running their business. Rachana graduated from the University of Oklahoma and currently resides with her family in the north Dallas area.
Jeanne P. Wray – CPA
Jeanne has been a CPA specializing in tax services for 35 years. She founded Jeanne P. Wray, CPA in 2007 where she providedtax planning and preparation services for high net worth individual and small business clients, as well as, tax consulting and tax review services for local CPA firms. Jeanne started her career in the Dallas office of Price Waterhouse Coopers. She has delivered services to clients in a wide variety of industries includingenergy,real estate, professional services, agriculture, and retail companies. Sheprepares and reviewsmany types of tax returns for small businesses, individuals, estates, and trusts.
Jeanne’s passion is educating clients while guiding them through the tax compliance process, focusing personalized attention and solutions to their unique family and small business needs.
Jeanne is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA). She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). She currently serves as a board member of Brazos Education Foundation, and has served in a variety of organizations in the community of Coppell, Texas, where she and her family have lived for over 25 years.
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