Meet our team

Bassam Mustafa is a New Jersey Enrolled Agent and business consultant who graduated from Montclair State University with a BS in Business Administration and a concentration in Accounting and Finance. During his professional career, Bassam spent time working for well-known financial institutions, including Merrill Lynch and Deliotte & Touché, as well as small businesses.

After earning his double major in Finance, Bassam pursued a career as a public auditor and dedicated his time working alongside Senior Vice Presidents of Financial Advisors, Certified Public Accountants, and Chief Financial Officers of various domestic and foreign corporations. After dedicating over seven years to the corporate world, Bassam decided to take his experience in business and understanding of audits and translate those into providing valuable services to small and medium businesses, such as bookkeeping, payroll, federal and state tax compliance, IRS representation, and business consulting. Within his first year of operations, Bassam pursued an Enrolled Agent license, in which the IRS recognizes him as a tax expert and allows him to represent his clients in front of the IRS and tax court in all 50 states.

Bassam’s areas of professional expertise include tax regulations, bookkeeping, cash flow management, small business operations, financial statement audits, accounting system set-up, budgeting, invoicing, financial analysis, and review of internal controls and assets. With a diverse background in small business management , global wealth management, and public audit, Bassam has gained in-depth and hands-on experience with a wide range of financial and business tasks, such GAAP, financial reporting, and sales forecasting. Bassam also has experience working with a variety of industries and niches, including manufacturing, non-profits, and automotive.

Bassam combines his knowledge of accounting, training ability, and finance to consult on businesses’ books, potential tax savings, tax liabilities, and start-up entities.

Luis Ortuno grew up in Paterson, NJ and attended H.A.R.P (Health and Related Professions) Academy high school. During that time Luis was enrolled in honor classes for all four years and took a few college credit courses. He graduated as one of the top students and attended Passaic County Community College.

Throughout his time in college he was able to excel in all his accounting courses. Before graduating he took a QuickBooks course and had hands on experience with federal taxation. He was able to gain all the knowledge and experience from a well-known and respected Professor, Edwin Pagan, who taught him everything he needed to know. Luis graduated with honors and obtained his degree in Accounting.

Luis was a Sales Associate and a Supervisor for three years at Valley National Bank. He helped clients open different accounts such as checking, saving, money markets, and IRA’s. Luis also helped his clients apply for mortgages, personal, and home equity loans. His focus was working with business clients to help them open their account for their new business. As well as helping existing clients obtain line of credits and commercial loans.

During his last semester in college Luis was given the privilege to intern at BSM Accounting Services while still working at Valley National Bank. During this period, he gained real life experience and had the opportunity to apply everything he learned in college. He learned how to prepare federal and state payroll forms and assisted clients with their tax preparations. Eventually, he learned how to prepare and file sales tax reports and maintain client’s bookkeeping. Once his internship was complete he was offered a full-time position as a Staff Accountant/ Tax Preparer at BSM Accounting Services and left Valley National Bank to pursue his career.

Wafa graduated from Dover Business College (also known as Berkeley College) in 2008. She has earned a degree in Business Administration and decided to specialize in Accounting. At the same time Wafa earned a paralegal certificate which certifies she has experience and knowledge with immigration forms.

Throughout the years Wafa has shown her knowledge in Accounting. She has 10 years of extensive experience in payroll and bookkeeping. Since 2015 Wafa has been preparing tax returns with BSM Accounting Services. She’s also fluent in Arabic and has been preparing translations for over 10 years.

Wafa continues to help the resident in New Jersey with Immigration form preparation. With many years of experience, she has made immigration form preparation as easy as possible.

Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Hanif moved to Jamaica after completing elementary school. He graduated high school there with distinctions (high honors) in Accounting and Mathematics. He immediately began work as a cashier until he advanced to the position of Administrative Assistant. He then decided to continue his education in the U.S. and moved back to New Jersey.

Here, he attended Passaic County Community College where he obtained his Degree in Business Administration. Having excelled in accounting courses, he decided to pursue a career and after varies internships, he was awarded as a bookkeeper position at BSM Accounting Services.

Hanif began working as a cashier at Mr. Tyre Jamaica Ltd. As he progressed, he was promoted to sales and marketing supervisor and eventually, he advanced to the position of Administrative Assistant where he also served as the assistant accountant. In this position, he was responsible for bookkeeping, bank reconciliation and preparing reports such as Payroll, Inventory, Sales and Tax. Having developed an inclination towards accounting he decided to move back to the New Jersey to pursue that career. While attaining his degree, he also became proficient with QuickBooks.

Now serving as a bookkeeper at BSM Accounting Services, Hanif is utilizing his experience and education to pursue his career in Accounting.