URISH POPECK, LLC
PITTSBURGH, PA

Urish Popeck's values of independence, integrity, professionalism, and service have been instilled and fostered by our founders since the firm was established in 1976. These values serve as a professional and ethical road map to ground and guide our staff as they make critical decisions. Urish Popeck is registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Our reputation for professional excellence and integrity has been established through a rigorous commitment to quality and compliance with professional standards, and has been demonstrated through our membership in the SEC Practice Section, and its successor, The Center for Audit Quality, since its inception in 1979. Urish Popeck participates in an external quality control review program as part of this continuing commitment to maintaining the highest professional standards. We have always received the highest rating on these reports. Business owners use retirement plans to attract quality employees, retain talent, and ultimately reward them for their years of service. For employees, the plan participants, the promise of a secure and comfortable retirement is a powerful incentive to work hard and collaborate, to do all they can to perform well and advance company goals. And for their employers, the plan sponsors, the plans deliver the satisfaction that they are able to ensure their employees are ready for retirement. They want what is best for their employees. As an advisor to employer sponsored defined contribution plans, my goal is to alert and educate fiduciaries of their responsibilities and help them reduce With each and every responsibility there are nuances and requirements that can get lost in the shuffle. For example, many trustees don’t realize they are required to ensure their plan participants make prudent investment decisions, which is explained in the next paragraph. It is a responsibility that can’t be delegated or shifted to another party. And the only way to address it and reduce their liability is to comply with ERISA section 404(c), a part of the federal regulations governing retirement plan sponsorship. Even if the services of an investment professional have been engaged, the employer as fiduciary or co-fiduciary of the plan is responsible and at risk if the plan is not compliant. Nor does status as a limited liability company (LLC) alleviate the obligation or liability relative to a defined contribution plan. The knowledge gap related to the requirements of section 404(c) has over 30 percent of defined contribution plans in the Pittsburgh region currently out of compliance. Plan fiduciaries must provide appropriate disclosures and investment information to plan participants. Elizabeth Urish, Director of Steel Tower Investments, works with business owners to help you ensure you adhere to the federal regulations governing defined contribution retirement plans. An independent investment advisory, we work with you to develop a prudent process to evaluate and monitor investments as well as provide access to best-in-class investment menus. We help you get and stay compliant, including executing the long list of required 404(c) disclosures, so that you can accomplish all you have intended in implementing a retirement plan. Steel Tower Investments offers solutions that give plan sponsors access to thousands of investment options, the highest quality financial education and participant communications in a cost-effective manner. We work with a wide array of third party vendors to ensure your plan is managed seamlessly and is cost-effective. If you are interested in a complimentary analysis of your company’s current retirement plan, contact Elizabeth Urish directly at 412-586-2060. Urish Popeck & Co., LLC is a PCAOB registered accounting and consulting firm. We provide high caliber assurance, tax, and advisory services to private, public and tax-exempt companies, and we support individuals and their families with personal financial services that preserve and enhance wealth. Urish Popeck currently serves clients through offices in Pennsylvania, Florida, and metropolitan Washington, DC. As an independent member of the BDO Alliance USA, we support clients with the resources of BDO USA and the global BDO accounting organization, the world’s fifth largest. Clients benefit from our comprehensive array of financial and business advisory services accessible under the umbrella of one seamless national and global organization.