State Association and City Council Recognize Staff For 20 Years Of Awards
For two decades, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) has been awarding its Certificate of Achievement 
for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the City of Greenville’s Financial Services Department. City staff earned their 20th straight award for the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for the 2008-2009 Budget.
“The Financial Services Department is proud to have received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting consistently for the past 20 years,” said Director of Financial Services Bernita Demery, CPA, MBA. “We are committed to excellence. Each year, we strive to go above and beyond minimum requirements. This award is a demonstration of the department’s mission to set the standard for reliable, relevant, and accurate financial services by continuous learning and improvement.”
Jeff McCauley, Deputy Chief Financial Officer for the City of Raleigh and North Carolina Government Finance Officers Association (NCGFOA) state liaison, presented the certificate to the City at the September 10, 2009 City Council meeting.
The CAFR is an audit of the previous Fiscal Year’s Financial Statement by an independent auditor and a comprehensive report that includes 10 years of statistical data. The GFOA gives the Certificate in recognition of the City’s meeting high standards of the program, demonstrating a constructive spirit of full disclosure to clearly communicate its financial story and motivate potential users and user groups to read the CAFR.
The Certificate is the Association’s highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management.
The GFOA is a nonprofit professional association serving approximately 16,000 government finance professionals.
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