Meet the Team

Theresa Morley CPA, CA

Partner, Morley Chartered Professional Accountant

Theresa Morley is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and is a licensed public accountant. She has 30 years experience providing accounting, tax and business advice to clients and has been actively assisting clients to navigate their numbers to provide the insights they need to make sound business decisions that increase profitability and allow them to achieve the freedom they thought they would get from owning their own business  Theresa is passionate about helping small and medium sized business owners achieve this freedom and has developed the Freedom & Growth Services with this in mind.

Theresa is certified as QuickBooks® expert in QuickBooks Desktop and QuickBooks Online with its associated apps Theresa’s experience includes: junior mining companies, municipalities, not for profit organizations, construction contractors, service businesses, high tech/internet businesses, and, many other small and medium sized businesses in a variety of industries. 

Theresa is a CPA, CA in Canada and South Africa. and is a member of CPA Ontario. Prior to starting Morley Accounting Services, Theresa spent nine years in public accounting and started her career in the accounting firm of Deloitte where she was a manager in the Cape Town, South Africa office Theresa and her husband Stuart transferred to Toronto in 1986 and she obtained her Canadian CPA designation in 1987. Theresa has a Certificate in the Theory of Accounting from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and a B.Sc. Agric from the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Theresa was born in Zimbabwe and applies her knowledge of the scientific method to all her accounting work and this provides a logical and methodical approach to the practical advice she gives her clients.  

Theresa is married to Stuart and has three children Clara, Devin and Karl and three grandchildren Hannah, Martin and Rachael.

In her free time, Theresa spends time with her family and volunteering in the community through her work with the Rotary Club of Gravenhurst and the North Simcoe Muskoka Hospice Palliative Care Network.

Cynthia (Cindy) Thompson

Cindy is a certified bookkeeping professional with the Institute of Professional Bookkeepers of Canada (IPBC) and has a 3 year diploma in Business Administration and Information Technology from the Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology. Cindy is also certified at the advanced level with QuickBooks Online (QBO).  

Cindy has 15 years of progressive bookkeeping experience in a variety of companies, her experience includes: payroll preparation and remittances to WSIB and CRA, the preparation and filing of HST, setting up the bookkeeping datafile for a new company. She has a solid background in using QuickBooks desktop versions and QuickBooks Online including converting companies to QBO and troubleshooting a QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop datafile. She has experience in setting up of QBO apps such as Hubdoc. Cindy has knowledge and experience representing our clients with CRA. 

Cindy was raised in Muskoka and now lives in Gravenhurst with her husband, Dan and their two sons Josh and Jacob.

Abby Roy

Abby is excited about working at Morley Accounting Services and getting back into the accounting field. Being the Office Administrator gives her ample opportunity to use her excellent organizational skills and offer superb customer service.

Abby received a Business Administration diploma, with a major in accounting from Vanier CEGEP in Quebec. After graduation, she began a 16-year career with the Royal Bank. From branch accounting to Operations and finally to Project Management in Systems Technology, her time with RBC was both expansive and educational. From banking, she moved into the manufacturing industry with 10 years as an Operations and then Logistics Manager with a medium-size firm.

Abby has a very busy lifestyle, participating in many outdoor activities, as well as, doing volunteer work. She is a canoeing instructor and trip leader, and has participated in triathlons. She is proud to have completed building a new home with her husband in 2018. Abby is married and lives with her husband, 2 dogs and cat in Bracebridge. She has one daughter and one granddaughter, who she adores !

Tarisha Shah

Tarisha comes to us from India, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Gujarat University in 2012. When arriving in Canada, she attended Seneca College to obtain an Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Payroll certificate in 2016. Just recently, in 2018, she obtained her QuickBooks Online Certification.

Tarisha has over 3 years experience in accounting and administrative positions. Familiar with all aspects of accounting including programs such as QuickBooks, and Sage.

Tarisha has strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a great attention to detail.

In her spare time, Tarisha enjoys cooking, reading and listening to music.