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<br /> <br />EXPERIENCE: <br /> <br />Man~ng Partner <br />Belt Harris Pechacek, LLLP . <br />Certified Public Accountants <br />July 1999 to Present <br /> <br />Senior Manager <br />White Petrov McHone (now BKD) <br />Certified Public Accountants <br />February 1997 toJuly 1999 <br /> <br />Partner <br />Lairson, Stephens & Reimer, LLP. <br />(formerly Earl Lairson & Co., now Null <br />Lairson) <br />Certified Public Accountants <br />January 1989 to February 1997 <br /> <br />EDUCATION: <br /> <br />Bachelor of Business Administration <br />Stephen F. Austin State University <br /> <br />December 1988, Accounting Major <br /> <br />ACCOMPLISHMENTS: <br /> <br />Recipient of the AICPA's Certification of <br />Educational Achievement in Financial <br />Audits <br /> <br />Serve on Government Finance Officers <br />Association (GFOA) Special Review <br />Committee <br /> <br />Speaking engagements: <br />Audit and Budget Process <br />Texas Association of Appraisal Districts <br />Compilation and review procedures <br />NCCPAP <br />Compilation and review procedure.. update <br />NCCPAP <br />Financial statement disclosures <br />NCCPAP <br />Introduction to Accountingfor Cities <br /> <br />ARTICLES PUBLISHED <br /> <br />"I Rotate My Tires, Should 1 Do the Same <br />with My City's Auditors", <br />The Texas Municipal League Official <br />Publication Oct 2006; The Municipal Maryland <br />League Official Publication April 2007 <br /> <br />. li)mlerly opt.'fatcd as Belt Harris & AssociUh:S, LLLP <br /> <br />ROBERT BELT, CPA <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: <br /> <br />20 years public accounting audit experience <br />Clientele of over 75 mid size to large government and nonprofit entities <br />Named partner at age 29 (with only 8 years experience) <br />Over 900 financial statement audits* <br />Over 100 special projects related to fraud, allegation inquiry, revenue enhancement, and <br />operational review* <br />Over 130 single audits and yellow book audits* <br />Over 120 GFOA award winning reports* <br />Recipient of AICPA's Certificate of Educational Achievement in audits of governments <br />Reviewer in GFOA's Certificate of Achievement in Excellence in Financial Reporting <br />program (special review committee) <br />*prepared or reviewed <br /> <br />SPECIAL PROJECTS PERFORMED (PARTIAL LIST): <br /> <br />RACIAL DISPARITY STUDY <br />Evaluated racial disparity in the issuance of citations to motorists and the resulting arrests. This study was <br />prompted by an unfavorable article that appeared in the Houston Chronicle. The report issued outlined <br />deficiencies in the way in which data for the article was gathered and disproved the assertions made in the article <br />with regard to racial biased arrest. <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER PURCHASES <br />Investigated unusual purchases made by management under allegations of improprieties. <br /> <br />OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS <br />Testified regarding audit findings resulting in the successful prosecution ofthe Finance Director and Mayor. <br /> <br />MISAPPROPRIATIONS BY UTILITY CLERK <br />Conducted detailed review of utility collections resulting in the resignation of the billing clerk and restitution to <br />the City of misappropriated funds. <br /> <br />INTERNAL CONTROL REVIEW <br />Performed detailed analysis of the internal controls and prepared a complete policy and procedures manual. <br /> <br />INTERNAL AUDIT FUNCTIONS <br />Conducted a turn-key project to develop and implement an internal auditing function in a rapidly growing city. <br /> <br />CAPITAL ASSET SYSTEM <br />Constructed a detailed database of all capital assets complete with bar code reading software (over 15,000 items). <br /> <br />CAPITAL ASSET INVENTORY SERVICE PROCUREMENT SERVICE <br />Assisted numerous entities in procuring services for capital asset inventory, preparing RFPs, reviewing bids, <br />negotiating reduced fees, and verifYing work perfonned. <br /> <br />CASH AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM <br />Designed turn-key cash and management system complete with cash forecasting models and policy and <br />procedures manual for a $30,000,000 portfolio. <br /> <br />PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT <br />Wrote and updated numerous investment policies and procedures in compliance with PFIA. <br /> <br />LANDFILL MARKET ANALYSIS <br />Performed final review and acted as liaison in a special marketing analysis for a county (client) owned landfill. <br /> <br />MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK RETIREMENT <br />Perfonned agreed upon procedures for the municipal court to ensure the proper handling of transactions up to the <br />Court Clerks' retirement, per the request of the municipal court clerk. <br /> <br />INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES - POLICE DEPARTMENT <br />Performed detailed investigation of eight alleged improprieties regarding the police department's operations. <br /> <br />7 <br />