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Kevin W. Harper, CPA, Managing Partner
Kevin is a frequent speaker at meetings of public sector finance officers. For example, he has addressed the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers, the California Municipal Treasurers Association, the State Association of County Auditor Controllers and the Nevada Government Finance Officers Association. If you are interested in having Kevin speak at an upcoming meeting or conference, click the button below.
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Kevin W. Harper, CPA

Managing Partner

Kevin is a California CPA with 28 years of professional experience, entirely in  service to local government. For many years he led Deloitte & Touche Northern California Public Sector practice, where he was responsible for the  quality of their services to all Northern California public sector clients.  He has  performed over 300 local government finance and management audits and has worked with dozens of local governments, providing auditing, consulting  and interim financial management services.  Kevin also brings a unique knowledge of public sector information systems to his clients, having spent two years working with PeopleSoft in the Education and Government practice of PeopleSoft Consulting.
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Kevin has served as elected official of New Haven Unified School District (President and Board Member), and City of Alameda (City Auditor). Kevin has also served in interim financial management positions for numerous local governments, including:
  • Chief Financial Officer, State Bar of California
  • Chief Financial Officer, East Bay Regional Park District
  • Finance Director, City of Fremont
  • Accounting Officer, City of Sunnyvale
  • Internal Audit Manager, Port of Oakland
  • Controller, San Francisco Creek Joint Powers Authority
 
He has also served on several boards and commissions including:
  • Union City, Budget Advisory Committee (chair)
  • Chabot-Las Positas Community Colleges Foundation Board (president)
  • Oakland Chamber of Commerce (treasurer)
  • Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority  Citizens Watchdog Committee
  • San Francisco Citizens Advisory Committee on Wastewater
  • City of Alameda Strategic Planning Advisory Committee
His experience includes all aspects of governmental financial management including accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, debt financing, pension oversight, process design, risk management and treasury functions.  

He is a member of the Government Finance Officers Association Special Review Committee that performs reviews of comprehensive annual financial reports for the Certificate of Achievement in Financial Reporting award.  He is also a member of the California Society of Municipal Finance Officers and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.


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