Amanda Blomberg is managing director of Baker Tilly’s state and local government practice. She specializes in providing financial audit, single audit and consulting services to governments. Amanda also provides federal award compliance audits and consulting for foreign universities and for-profit entities.
- Leads financial audit and accounting engagements for cities, villages and counties in Wisconsin and Illinois
- Directs single audit engagements for municipalities and counties, including the City of Chicago
- Assists with federal award compliance audit engagements and consulting projects for for-profit entities and foreign universities
- Helps clients research and implement new accounting standards
- Provides Uniform Guidance implementation assistance
- Prepares and reviews financial statements and other statutory reports
- Assists municipalities with various accounting issues and questions
- Presents financial results and information to governing bodies
- Develops single audit work programs and leads training for the firm’s single audit practice as a firm Professional Practice Leader
- Reviews quality of peer review engagements for the AICPA
- Speaks at local and regional conferences
- Authors articles for the public sector newsletter and presents for the state and local government webinar series
- GFOA Annual Comprehensive Financial Report reviewer
- Licensed CPA in Wisconsin and Illinois
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants (WICPA)
- Wisconsin Government Finance Officers Association (WGFOA)
- AICPA Single Audit Advanced Certificate holder
- AICPA Peer Review Oversight – Single Audits
- AICPA national governmental conferences and training programs
- WICPA governmental accounting updates
- WICPA “Accounting, Auditing and Financial Management Update”
- Various AICPA single audit webinars
- Accounting and auditing 2013 “ASL Inspector Training” (Baker Tilly)
- GASB seminars
- “IT Risk Assessment Standards (RAS) Training for Auditors” (Baker Tilly)
- “City of Chicago Ethics Training” (Baker Tilly)
- “Information Technology Risk Assessment Concepts for Financial Audit” (Baker Tilly)
- “Succession Planning: Why It’s Still Relevant” (Baker Tilly)
- “Independence: Historical Insights and Today’s Rules” (Becker Professional Education)
- “Common Fraud Schemes in Governments” (Baker Tilly)
- Energy and utilities training sessions (Baker Tilly)
- Government Financial Officers Association (GFOA) conferences and training programs including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) updates
- Wisconsin GFOA conferences and meetings
- Accounting and auditing updates sponsored by Baker Tilly
- Numerous single audit training sessions
