James W Ramsey

James works with government agencies providing advisory and assurance services. Prior to entering in public accounting, he worked for a medium-size City performing virtually all functions of the Finance Department at one point or another. Wanting to obtain his license, he went to public accounting and has conducted numerous financial and performance audits, including single audits and other attest engagements for various local agencies (counties, cities, special districts and State agencies/departments).

At this stage in his career, he provides advisory services for various agencies. Advisory services include: contracted accounting services (CAS), risk assessments, organizational improvements, and others. He merges his City experience with his previous audit experience to provide added value to his current clients, whether they are audit or advisory clients.

James also serves as an advisor to the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Accounting, Auditing and Financial Reporting Committee (AAFRC). James also appears on firm webinars for both in-house staff and externally for clients, speaking on topics including reporting, single audit and updates to U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).