Municipal Audits

We provide municipal audit services to a number of different municipalities. We serve small municipalities with less than five funds, and we serve large municipalities with more than twenty funds. We have extensive experience and expertise with all GASB statements and standards, including, but not limited to GASB No. 34 and No. 45.

Blackburn, Childers & Steagall takes several steps to ensure that we will meet or exceed your expectations. Annually, we receive at least 16 hours of governmental audit training. Each municipal audit will be completed by a team, which gives you access to the knowledge and experience of numerous professionals. The team will also be utilizing the latest in technology to complete the audit. In addition to this, each report goes through a rigorous technical review and partner review before being released.

Our teams work with the municipalities’ staff and systems to achieve an effective and efficient audit. We also help management identify upcoming issues due to changes in law and new accounting and auditing standards. In addition, we help provide the municipality with an outsider’s opinion of various controls and operations. We communicate these issues in required communications, but also through discussions with the municipal staff (both inside the finance department and outside the finance department). We are also available during and after the audit to assist the municipality with everything from reviewing contracts, to implementing changes in internal control and operations that were noted during the audit, to assisting management in identifying other changes that need to be made.

We are committed to the municipality’s success currently and in the future.

For more information regarding our audit services, please contact us.