Arthur Surgeon

Arthur Surgeon founded JJ&A on a simple conviction: that the businesses and families of Greensboro deserve the same caliber of financial guidance that Fortune 100 boardrooms take for granted — delivered by people who actually know their names.

His own path made that conviction personal. Arthur earned his B.S. in Accounting from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and his Master’s in Accounting from Syracuse University. He went on to work across nonprofits, service, manufacturing, distribution, and startups — from Fortune 100 companies like PepsiCo to neighborhood institutions like the Eastside Community Center. That range taught him that good accounting is never only about the numbers; it is about the people making decisions with them.

JJ&A is the expression of that belief — a firm built to outlast any single tax season, any single client, even its founder. Arthur has spent years not just growing the practice, but quietly preparing it to be handed down with its values intact.

That future has a name. Arthur intends to pass stewardship of the firm to his son, Jeredan Surgeon, who already designs much of the client experience — from the Tax Organizer and the Self-Service Payroll Portal to the Finances in Focus briefings — and is completing his Bachelor of Accounting at Harvard Extension School. The plan is deliberate and unhurried: a legacy is not transferred in a signature, but earned over time.