F.H. Black & Company

Glen Carlson has joined F.H. Black & Company in the capacity of Manager, Public Practice, where he will share the management of the department and will be directly involved in all aspects of the Public Practice Department.

Glen is a CGA with over 24 years' experience in public practice, most recently with a large local firm, where he led the personal tax department and was directly involved with managing the accounting department, client acquisition and development, and software training.  Glen previously gained experience with national accounting firms and as a Controller for private companies.

We are pleased to welcome Glen to the firm, and invite you to contact him at 204-949-9113, ext. 33 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

If you work in the finance department in a municipal government in Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba and are attending the 2011 conference in Banff in September, be sure to attend F.H. Black & Company's presentation: "CaseWare Tips & Tricks". The presentation will take place on Wednesday, September 14 from 1:15 pm to 2:30pm.

During this presentation, Jamie Black will outline numerous tips for reducing the pain from your annual / quarterly or monthly reporting processes. Mirjam Brett, Director of Finance from the City of Fort Saskatchewan will join Jamie in discussing their recent implementation and the tips that she has for those considering a CaseWare implementation.

"The municipal governments that implement CaseWare Working Papers report dramatically reduced time investment to generate financial statements, less risk of error and a generally less stressful year-end process" says Mr. Black. "We do notice however that many municipal governments miss out on some of the best approaches to using the tool. They get a lot of benefit from the product but they could be so much more efficient. It may be they don't know about new features or they simply are doing things the hard way. We are excited to speak to western Canadian municipal governments about how to to get even more out of their CaseWare investment."

For more information on how CaseWare Working Papers can simplify your reporting processes, please contact us or for more information on the conference please visit http://www.westcangfoa.ca .

 

If you work in the finance department in a municipality in British Columbia and are attending the 2011 conference in Victoria in June, be sure to attend F.H. Black & Company's presentation: "Automating Municipal Financial Reporting with CaseWare". The presentation will take place on Wednesday, June 1 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm.

During this 1 hour presentation, Jamie Black will introduce the many benefits that municipalities can obtain by implementing CaseWare Working Papers. The session focuses on the annual reporting process and a solution to many of the year end struggles that municipalities face.

"The municipalities that implement CaseWare Working Papers report dramatically reduced time investment to generate financial statements, less risk of error and a generally less stressful year-end process" says Mr. Black. "On top of this, many are able to negotiate reduced audit fees because their auditors get better information earlier in the audit cycle. We have had a lot of success with numerous municipalities and word of mouth has really begun to spread. We are excited to speak to BC municipalities about their opportunities this year."

For more information on how CaseWare Working Papers can simplify your reporting processes, please contact us or for more information on the conference please vist http://www.gfoabc.ca.

 

Harry Black, Managing Partner of F.H. Black and Company (FHB) and Hal Dreidger, Managing Partner of H.H. Dreidger (HHD) are pleased to announce the merger of their accounting practices, effective December 2010.

F.H. Black and Company, located at 36 Roslyn Road, will retain its present location and all current FHB employees and will welcome the relocation of H.H. Dreidger to the Roslyn Road office.   Clients can anticipate the continued  high level of servicing they have come to expect from FHB and HHD as the partners and employees anticipate a smooth amalgamation.

Managing Partner, Harry Black will oversee  the continued growth and development of the firm and will be directly involved in all client related matters.  Hal Dreidger, while looking forward to retirement in the next few years, will continue to play a key role in client management and servicing.   In addition to providing full service accounting services, F.H. Black and Company provides H.R. Consulting and I.T. Services to all clients

For more information about F.H. Black and Company and its professional services, please contact us at either (204) 949-9113 or (778) 785-3752.

Hosted by the Manitoba Food Producers Association (MFPA) and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives (MAFRI), the "Food Safety....It Matters" conference was a great success.

This was the second such conference and focused on, as you might have guessed, Food Safety. There were several great presentations. In particular, Dr. Ruby Lee's presentation "Prevention of Bacteria Hysteria via HACCP" was very interesting and useful for all food processors & distributors concerned with improving food safety.

Ben Ferraro, Susan Scott & Jamie Black of F.H. Black & Company attended the conference and spent most of the day discussing the role of technology in food safety programs with attendees. Specifically, we focused on explaining the Traceability solutions that we provide.

Sue and Ben also found that many of the attendees were very interested in how we could help implement and support Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) programs. Particularly, the ability to automate corrective action initiation and simplification of record management was of special importance to the attendees.

If you would like to discuss the role of technology in food safety and how it can save your food processing or distribution business money, please contact us.