Biography
Jim Norton’s featured article on financial planning and analysis in CTCPA Magazine
Mr. Norton is a principal at GRF CPAs & Advisors and leads the firm’s Accounting Technology Services (ATS) practice. He has over a decade of experience involving public accounting, private industry, and nonprofit organizations, including membership organizations, associations, and multi-entity organizations. During his career, he has also held a variety of nonprofit leadership roles ranging from Financial Lead for Meals on Wheels and Interpreting Services programs to CFO of a large regional Chamber of Commerce.
With a strong passion for process improvement, enhancement, and transformation through technology, Mr. Norton is a creative problem-solver who leverages his experience with system implementations both as a consultant and a client. He and the ATS team develop creative, functional solutions to address clients’ business process and reporting challenges based on direct end-user experience with the latest software tools.
Mr. Norton cultivates and manages the firm’s partnerships with key accounting technology software solutions for cloud-based accounting, time & expense, AP and AR automation, grants management, payroll/HCM, CRM, budgeting & planning/FP&A, AI/Machine Learning, among others. As a Sage Intacct ecosystem leader and GRF’s VAR partnership lead, he is a frequent speaker at Sage Intacct’s conferences. He represents GRF as a Consultant Member of the Information Technology Alliance. Mr. Norton is also involved extensively with the Connecticut Society of CPAs as an author for publications, participant in multiple committees, incoming member of the 2022-2023 board of directors, and chair of the advisory council.
Education and Certifications
- B.S. in Business Administration and Accounting, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
- Sage Intacct Implementation Specialist
Professional Affiliations
- CT Society of CPAs, Rocky Hill, Connecticut
- Member of the Information Technology Alliance (ITA)
