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F.H. Black & Company Who we are and What we do

Learn more about the team and services at F.H. Black & Company Incorporated

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State of Maine Automates Annual Reports

Read about the State of Maine's financial reporting automation project

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Washington County Automates Budget Book

Washington County automates its budget book for a 67% time savings

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City of Fort Wayne Automates Budget Book

Learn how the City of Fort Wayne reduced its budget book process time by 75%

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Introducing Workiva 101: Beyond the Basics

Learn how your organization can implement critical efficiencies with the Workiva 101 course.

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Workiva + Adra An Integration Powered by FHB

Seamlessly reap the combined benefits of Workiva and the Trintech Adra Suite of Solutions.

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City of Houston and Houston Airport System

CITY OF HOUSTON & AIRPORT SYSTEM

“Typically, our ACFR isn't released till the end of December. And we were done on our deadline, November 15—a month and a half early."

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West Virginia Success Story

WEST VIRGINIA SUCCESS STORY

With the time they’ve saved through automation, the WV team looks forward to producing a better-quality product and taking on higher level tasks.

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Frederick County

Frederick County Success Story

"I'm really pleased with F.H. Black's support... I would estimate we have saved about 25% of the time it takes to prepare the budget book"

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City of Garland

City of Garland Success Story

“Our 2021 Adopted CIP document was finalized for publication on the City’s website & distribution to City Council two weeks after adoption”

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City of Burlington

City of Burlington Success Story

“We usually didn’t have statements ready until the end of the audit, but now we are producing them before the auditors even arrive”

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WDG Public Health

W.D.G. Public Health Success Story

"F.H. Black was fantastic. They were highly organized and very methodical in their approach. They kept the project on schedule"

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City of Lacombe

City of Lacombe Success Story

“Shortly after we implemented Caseware, we were able to renegotiate our audit services contract...for a savings of $45,000”

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Sunshine Coast Regional District

"Our auditors will be able to gather the information they need much more quickly. They spend less time, and it will save us money”

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University of Fraser Valley

University of Fraser Valley

"F.H. Black & Company understood our goals and objectives and got us operational very quickly. They go above and beyond to assist us”

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University of Queen's Success Story

University of Queen's

“Our week long process in moving from our accounting system’s trial balance to our financial statements now takes a few hours"

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Deschutes County Success Story

Deschutes County Success Story

"I think that this project [budget book automation] by the end of July would have already paid for itself”.

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Chicago Public Schools Success Story

Chicago Public Schools

"It’s like a miracle happened. It saved so much time, headache, and it improved accuracy. It really impressed our managers.”

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City of Fort Wayne Success Story

City of Fort Wayne Success Story

“It was helpful to have CPAs onboard. They [FHB] know the technology and the accounting side”

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Marion County Success Story

Marion County Success Story

"I was a little skeptical at first. But [FHB] made a believer out of me. [I am] very pleased with the project."

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City of Palmetto

City of Palmetto Success Story

"[We achieved] a 50% time reduction in preparing the fund statements, even before the implementation was complete"

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City of Thunder Bay

City of Thunder Bay Success Story

“We completed our financials statements 2 to 3 weeks earlier than the prior year with fewer staff hours & zero overtime”

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City of Saint John

City of Saint John Success Story

“We can roll the numbers forward and easily import the new year’s figures... changes automatically flow to the report"

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City of Mississuaga

City of Mississauga Success Story

“Caseware has brought a tremendous amount of efficiency and time savings to our financial reporting tasks”

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City of Lethbridge

City of Lethbridge Success Story

"I had staff asking me what we had forgotten because they were so surprised that we were done so quickly”

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City of Fort Saskatchewan

City of Fort Saskatchewan

“The experience F.H. Black & Company consultants have in setting up and using Caseware is invaluable to us"

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AutoCanada Success Story

“F.H. Black has a reputation as the leader in this type of consulting. We wanted help from the best – and got it”

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City of Port Coquitlam

City of Port Coquitlam

“We have eliminated almost all of the manual steps involved in the creation of our Annual Financial Statements”

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Selecting a Budget Book Automation Software

This eBook outlines the essential features that effective Budget Book reporting software includes

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Selecting Annual Report Automation Software

A guide to what features you should demand of your next automation solution

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Selecting Financial Statement Automation Software

Selecting Financial Report Automation Software

A guide to what features you should demand of your next automation solution

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Maximum Value - A guide to improving your IT Success

Maximum Value - A guide to improving your IT Success

From developing RFP requirements lists to evaluating project success and everything in between

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eBook Online Training

How to get the most out of online training

20 tips to maximize your investment in online training

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Questica Budget Book powered by CaseWare

If you use Questica Budget you need to see how you can automate the Budget Book

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Automating the Budget Book/ Financial Plan

A demonstration highlighting how the budget book/financial plan can be automated with Caseware

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Using Caseware to automate Annual Financial Reports

See how Caseware Working Papers will completely automate your reporting

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Using Workiva to automate Annual Financial Reports

See how you can automate your public sector financial reports using Workiva.

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Questica Budget Book Powered By Caseware (In Action)

Everything you need to know about Questica's Budget Book powered by Caseware in under 30 minutes

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Draft financial statements in 60 seconds

See how Caseware Working Papers will provides draft financial statements within 60 seconds

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Continuous Monitoring with CaseWare

See a brief overview of the benefit of automated internal controls monitoring

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ROI Calculator for IT Projects

ROI Calculator for IT Projects

Instead of defaulting to selection of the low-price option, choose the one that adds the highest value to your organization

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Advanced Purge Tool

Advanced Purge Tool

Purge unnecessary mapping and grouping codes to reduce the size of Caseware files and improve performance

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STAFF AUGMENTATION WORKIVA

Short on staff? Let our expert team help you through your year-end process and get the most out of Workiva.

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STAFF AUGMENTATION WORKIVA

Short on staff? Let our expert team help you through your year-end process and get the most out of Workiva.

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STAFF AUGMENTATION CASEWARE

Short on staff? Let our expert team help you through year-end and get the most out of Caseware.

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STAFF AUGMENTATION CASEWARE

Short on staff? Let our expert team help you through year-end and get the most out of Caseware.

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PAFR: Designed Reporting

PAFR: DESIGNED REPORTING

Our experienced team will apply best practices to help you produce a well designed, informative PAFR.

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GASB 87 Automation Tool

GASB 87 AUTOMATION TOOL

Identify and process leases in no time, ensure compliance with GASB 87, and pass your next audit with flying colors.

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Remote Work Brochure

Working Remotely in Finance

Working remotely in finance can be a challenge; work from home as efficiently & securely as in the office

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Workiva Health Check

Need to evaluate your use of Workiva to see what you could be doing better? You need a Health Check!

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CaseWare Healthcheck Brochure Resources Page

Caseware Health Check

Need to evaluate your use of Caseware to see what you could be doing better? You need a Health Check!

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Workiva 101: Beyond the Basics

Want to take your Workiva skills to the next level? Take our Workiva 101: Beyond the Basics training.

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Report Validator Brochure

Report Validator

Five reasons to stop reviewing and start validating. Eliminate one of the finance departments' most time-consuming and stress-inducing tasks

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FHB Capstone Training

Need implementation training material for easy reference? Our custom Capstone Training videos have you covered

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Report Validator Brochure

Report Validator

Five reasons to stop reviewing and start validating. Eliminate one of the finance departments' most time-consuming and stress-inducing tasks

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Workiva + Adra

FHB has developed an integration tool that will allow you to reap the combined benefits of Workiva and the Trintech Adra Suite of Solutions.

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6 Major Benefits of Caseware Working Papers

6 Major Benefits of Caseware Working Papers

Want to know why most organizations move to Caseware? Here are 6 primary reasons

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Modernize Federal Reporting and Compliance

Simplify reporting and risk management with a centralized, connected platform

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State and Local Government DataSheet

State and Local Government DataSheet

Manage all of your financial information and reports from a central workspace

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IDEA Brochure

Caseware Idea Brochure

Evolve to Continuous Testing - Collect, consolidate & analyze 100% of your data to strengthen internal controls

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Alessa Brochure Resources Page

CaseWare Alessa Brochure

Continuous monitoring, remediation and insights to detect errors, reduce losses & improve internal controls

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Adra by Trintech brochure

ADRA FINANCIAL CLOSE SOLUTION BY TRINTECH BROCHURE

A financial close automation solution that drives organizations to scale.

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Blackline Account Reconciliations Brochure

Blackline Account Reconciliations Brochure

Drive financial close accuracy by automating and standardizing the reconciliation process

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7 ways finance teams are driving ROI with Tableau Resources Page

7 Ways Finance Teams Are Driving ROI with Tableau

See how Tableau helps finance departments decide where best to spend their time & resources

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Tableau 4 ways finance creates value with visual analytics Resources PageV2

Four ways finance creates value with visual analytics

Quickly connect, blend, clean, visualize, & analyze your data – no programming skills required

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UiPath How RPA will Transform Finance and Accounting

How RPA will Transform Finance & Accounting

From the challenges and impacts to the role it will play and how it works

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5 things spreadsheets cant do

5 things your spreadsheets can't do

Spreadsheets don’t always have the capabilities to deliver the insight you seek, Tableau does!

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Make your Data make an Impact with Tableau

Learn more about the Tableau suite of products and how FHB can ensure you maximize your ROI

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Tableau Dirty Data is Costing You Resources Page

Dirty data is costing you

4 ways to overcome common data prep barriers

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