Your Passion Is to Grow Your Business to its Full Potential. Our Passion is to Help You Get There Faster!
Meet The RAN Accounting & Consulting Team
Randy Bell, CEO & Partner
Randy Bell received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Harding University in 1996. While working as a full-time accountant, Randy went back to school and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Over the past 15 years, he has developed a specialized expertise in the restaurant industry working with several independently owned restaurant owners and restaurant chains, including serving as a Chief Financial Officer for a large restaurant chain.
Randy designed and developed the RAN DASHboard enabling restaurant owners and managers to see at a glance exactly how their business is performing each week – no guess work.
Corrie Albright, CPA
Corrie Albright, accounting and payroll, received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Harding University in 2000. She worked one year as a CPA doing auditing for a national firm in their Little Rock office. In 2001 she made the move to a local commercial property management company, working there as a CPA for 2 years before transitioning to a stay-at-home mom.
In 2019, Corrie went to work for Randy Bell assisting with payroll and bookkeeping, and was there when Randy's vision of RAN Accounting & Consulting came to fruition.
Kristi Bell
Kristi Bell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harding University in 1994. Kristi has developed an expertise in "all things" payroll related and maintains our clients' employee data bases. She is in constant communication with our clients, who love her and think of her as just being part of their team. Not only is Kristi a partner in the business, she is also Randy's partner in marriage. They have 2 grown children together, Brynne and Brett.
Her passion is taking care of her clients, ensuring that payrolls are processed accurately, paid on-time, and payroll deposits and returns are filed timely. Her clients have peace of mind knowing that Kristi is on the job for them.
Jane Darnell
Jane Darnell has a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Ouachita Baptist University. She has spent most of her career in corporate accounting preparing financials for various types of companies. Included in her experience are many special projects, including researching various types of accounting software and employee expense tracking software.
She also has several years in Human Resources where she prepared payroll, oversaw benefits enrollment, and helped develop and implement new hire orientation.
She's advocate in community-oriented volunteerism, and loves helping RAN clients be successful.