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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND CURRENT TRENDS

SPEAKER:
BILL MATTHEWS
Assistant Comptroller General
Financial Management Sector
Office of the Comptroller General of Canada

Thursday, November 18, 2010
Emerald A Room, West Harvest Inn
4025 Albert Street, Regina SK


Financial Management - Recent Developments and Current Trends will focus on internal financial reporting issues relevant to all levels of government – federal, provincial and municipal.  Drawing upon his experiences, Bill Mathews will discuss what Deputy Ministers and Chief Financial Officers need from internal financial reports and what they aren’t getting.  He will relate these needs back to policy frameworks and international trends.   Bill will also speak to emergent trends in Public Accounts and the increasing demands placed upon those responsible for reporting.

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Bill Matthews
joined the Office of the Comptroller General in 2004.  He was appointed Assistant Comptroller General of the Financial Management Sector in August 2009.  His policy responsibilities include government accounting, financial management, costing and user fees as well as strengthening the financial management community through a range of initiatives.  He is responsible for financial reporting in the areas of the Public Accounts and departmental financial statements. 

Bill is a Chartered Accountant and has over 20 years of experience in accounting and financial management in both the public and private sectors.   He has worked with all levels of government in Canada and with governments of several other countries on financial reporting improvement initiatives.