TULSA, September 20, 2023 SOAR Partners, LLC, a social impact consulting and technology company, announced that Grant Heckenkemper has joined the organization as Vice President. Heckenkemper will lead SOAR’s new accounting and finance technology division as well as SOAR’s Dallas-Fort Worth office expansion, which represents SOAR’s second location.

“We are so thrilled to have Grant as part of our team,” said Greg Arend, the CEO and founder of SOAR Partners. “He not only contributes Big Four audit experience, but I have every faith his entrepreneurial mind and out-of-the-box analysis will help grow this new division and revolutionize our clients’ financial operations.”

Before joining SOAR Partners, Heckenkemper consulted with clients in portfolio management, financial consulting, and real estate development. Prior to that, he served an array of corporations from manufacturing to venture capital to distributions as a leader of their audit teams.

During his tenure at KPMG, Grant demonstrated exceptional leadership by coordinating financial statement and internal control audits for large public and private companies. He led team projects involving complex transactions such as acquisitions, corporate tax restructuring, and asset divestitures. 

At SOAR, Heckenkemper will be responsible for developing new clients and helping to solve their financial and accounting challenges, build efficiencies, and design the technology that enables them to maximize resources and minimize redundancy and risk. 

SOAR Partners help clients find innovative solutions to today's most complex challenges in the areas of financial management and accounting outsourcing; grants and fundraising support; impact-driven technologies; transformations, turnarounds and receiverships; operational support and technical assistance.