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herry, Bekaert & Holland offers strategic financial and management solutions to state & local governments committed to serving their constituents. By developing innovative responses and creative solutions, we help our government clients meet the demands of today’s public sector — an environment that stresses accountability, yet demands more services from less available resources.
 
he CB&H Government Services group has established a leading reputation for providing quality service and value-added advice to state and local governments. CB&H conducts audit and consulting services for local governments, authorities and public agencies throughout the Southeast. Our clients vary in size and complexity, with budgets ranging from $2M to 2B dollars. Examples include cities, counties, towns, school districts, agencies and authorities, and colleges and universities. Public sector audits and services comprise the strongest industry segment within our client base, representing over 20 percent of our Firm’s total service effort.
 
As the Firm of Choice to state and local governments in the Southeast, CB&H offers a complete complement of assurance and advisory services to our clients. With highly trained and experienced government professionals strategically located throughout the Firm, CB&H can deliver valuable recommendations and solutions to address operational efficiency, cost control and revenue enhancement matters in a proficient and cost effective manner. Our services include:
GO-Link!™ Report Writer
A-133 single audits
GASB 34 implementation services
Debt capacity studies
Arbitrage rebate calculations
Indirect cost plans
Utility rate studies
Risk assessments
Internal audit co-sourcing
SAS 70 and SOX 404 control reviews
Cost recovery studies
Forensic audits
Staff training/seminars
The RADAR™ Suite – Fraud and Internal Control Risk Assessment, Detection And Reduction
Strategic planning and process redesign
Performance measurement services
Profit and efficiency studies
Privatization and outsourcing
Systems evaluation
Disaster recovery
 

he Government Services group is one of the fastest growing practice groups for CB&H. We have gained market share by recruiting and developing an outstanding professional team, and by establishing a thought leadership position in the sector. Our government professionals stay informed about market conditions and industry trends that may affect state and local governments. Through this commitment and dedication, we have established a reputation for developing innovative products and services that help our clients succeed.

Our professionals are frequent speakers and publishers of articles on topics of interest to government entities. We annually sponsor seminars for many of our government clients. We are also active supporters and sponsors of trade organizations catering to the public sector including national, regional and local chapters of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) and the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO).
 
 

RADAR™
A recent example of CB&H's innovation is RADAR™ – Fraud and Internal Control Risk Assessment, Detection And Reduction – a suite of services, based on best practices sparked by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act RADAR™ detects, examines and evaluates organizational risk and internal controls so as to align governments, not-for-profits, and other non-public entities with current business models. The first service, RADAR™ Detection: Enterprise Risk Evaluation utilizes the RADAR™ Internal Control Matrix to categorize and prioritize each possible audit area posing the greatest risk to the government entity. The second service, RADAR™ Prevention: Internal Controls, examines existing internal controls for possible areas of malfunction in the processes. The result provides management with a systematic process to demonstrate ongoing monitoring of the control environment. For more information, please e-mail us at RADAR@cbh.com.

GO-Link!™
Another example of CB&H’s commitment to innovation in the governmental accounting arena is our automated report writer, GO-Link!™. CB&H harnessed the capabilities of two popular software programs, GoSystem Fund® and Microsoft Excel®, to create a powerful report writing tool that is currently used by towns, cities, counties and school districts from Washington D.C. to the southern tip of Florida. With this product, CB&H can create a “turnkey” financial statement report writer customized for your locality. Features include the direct importation of data, conversion funds for entity-wide statements, and automatic links to camera-ready financial statements. For more information, visit our GO-Link! Web site at www.golinkcbh.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
John Montoro, CPA
 
 
 

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