Accounting and Financial Reporting

Advanced Government Accounting Series

Course Overview

Title	Advanced Government Accounting Series
Level	Advanced
Prerequisite	Attendance of GFOA’s Accounting Academy, Government Accounting Intensive Series, an equivalent program, or comparable level of understanding of public-sector accounting and financial reporting.
Field of Study	Governmental accounting and financial reporting
Topics	Accounting and Financial Reporting
Format	Offered Both as Group-Live Class and E-Learning Opportunity
CPE	16/20

This seminar is designed to provide participants with a solid working knowledge of specialized accounting and financial reporting used by state and local governments for selected topics.

Learning Objectives

Those who successfully complete this series should gain a basic understanding of the appropriate governmental accounting and financial reporting related to:

Investments
Grants
Joint ventures, majority equity interests, and similar arrangements
Sales and pledges of receivables and future revenues
Compensated absences
Government combinations and transfers of operations
Risk financing
Fiduciary activities
Irrevocable split interest agreements
Government-wide financial statements conversion and consolidation
Environmental obligations: Landfills, pollution remediation, and asset retirement obligations
Internal control
Common deficiencies found in comprehensive annual financial reports
Derivatives

Who Will Benefit

CFO/Finance Director

Controller

Accountant

Schedule and Sample Agenda

Format	Agenda	CPE	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Group Live		16 CPE	8 Hours	8 Hours
E-Learning		20 CPE	4 Hours	4 Hours	4 Hours	4 Hours	4 Hours

Register

Scheduled Offerings	Format / Location
April 29-May 13, 2021	E-Learning
December 13-17, 2021	E-Learning

Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, GFOA has cancelled all Group-Live training events through September 2021.

Course Instructors

This course is taught by finance officers and other industry experts.