Experience

Blankenship CPA Group, PLLC

• Managing Partner

  • May 2007 - Present

  Greater Nashville Area, TN CJ Blankenship performs tax and client services, and is the Managing Partner at the firm. He is a National Merit Scholar and received his Bachelor of Business Administration with honors in Accounting from Belmont University. He has twenty years of management experience in a variety of industries and service sectors and had worked at two top ten national accounting firms prior to joining Blankenship CPA Group, PLLC in 2007. CJ was admitted as a partner in the firm in February of 2009 and has… Show more CJ Blankenship performs tax and client services, and is the Managing Partner at the firm. He is a National Merit Scholar and received his Bachelor of Business Administration with honors in Accounting from Belmont University. He has twenty years of management experience in a variety of industries and service sectors and had worked at two top ten national accounting firms prior to joining Blankenship CPA Group, PLLC in 2007. CJ was admitted as a partner in the firm in February of 2009 and has served as the managing partner since. He also has performed a variety of consulting services for various clients including serving in an outsourced CFO capacity for an international manufacturing and distribution company with operations and customers around the globe. CJ spends much of his work on advanced tax issues, M&A work, not-for-profit consulting and compliance matters, planning (particularly with tax favored investment strategy), consulting, and accounting systems and matters for businesses, not-for-profits and individuals, and manages the strategic direction of the firm. Show less



Other Management and Accounting Background

• Various

  • 1996 - 2007

  Various CJ gained experience in finance, accounting, systems, management and relationships that has proven invaluable from his time in retail and food and beverage management prior to his move into public accounting in 2003. Once in public work, he has spent most of his efforts on tax, consulting, and management matters.