Sedona Fire District’s Business Director Earns Elite Certification
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- by Alison Ecklund ~ Larson Newspapers
Sedona Fire District’s business director, Karen Daines, recently became a Certified Public Finance Officer through the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. Daines is one of only 410 people in the U.S. and Canada to achieve the honor.
Over the past five years Daines passed the five required exams to earn the designation. Candidates have seven years to successfully complete the program.
“I did it because there are so few people who have gotten to that point,” she said. “Government finance is my area of expertise so I wanted to demonstrate my knowledge by achieving this designation.”
With two young children and a full-time job at the fire district, Daines spent nights and weekends studying months before each exam.
Pulling a thick book from her office shelf, Daines said there were six to 10 like it to study for each of the five exams, which covered government accounting, auditing and financial reporting; cash management and investments; debt management; and operating and capital budgeting. The last one, pensions and benefits, risk management and procurement, she passed in June.
“This designation is specifically focused to governmental finance,” she said. “You can have all of those aspects in the private sector, but it’s apples and oranges. This verifies and demonstrates proficiency in the public arena.”
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