John Rader is managing director with Baker Tilly’s Wisconsin public sector practice. He specializes in providing financial auditing and consulting services to governmental units including counties, cities, villages and towns as well as airports, healthcare facilities and several state agencies.
- Oversees accounting and financial auditing services for counties, municipalities and other governmental entities
- Oversees single audits of federal and state awards for counties and municipalities
- Reviews and provides technical assistance to local governments in preparing Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFRs) that receive the GFOA certificate
- Provides tax incremental financing (TIF), business improvement district (BID) and special service area (SSA) auditing, reporting and consulting services
- Presents financial and audit reports to government bodies and committees
- Oversees audits of passenger facility charge reports for the FAA
- Audits several municipal airports and healthcare centers
- Provides GASB strategic planning and implementation services
- Assists with consulting services to local and state governments including consolidation studies
- Prior to his employment with Baker Tilly, performed local government audits in the State of Minnesota for seven years
- Performs agreed upon procedures
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA)
- Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants (WICPA)
- Wisconsin Government Finance Officers Association (WGFOA)
- Illinois Government Finance Officers Association (IGFOA)
- Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Certificate of Achievement reviewer
- “HIPAA Privacy and Security for Professional Service Providers” (Baker Tilly)
- GFOA annual GAAP updates
- “Fraud in Government: Is Your Entity at Risk for Fraud?” (Baker Tilly)
- Public sector accounting and auditing updates (Baker Tilly)
- Wisconsin GFOA conferences and meetings
- “IT Risk Assessment Standards (RAS) Training for Auditors” (Baker Tilly)
- WICPA “Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Management Update”
- “Independence: Historical Insights and Today’s Rules” (Becker Professional Education)
- “Believe it, or ...” (Debt issuance, financial policies, and Tax Increment Financing) (Ehlers)
- Public Sector Accounting and Audit Planning
- 2015 Single Audit Compliance Supplement
- Public Sector Winter A&A Update
- 2015 Firmwide Assurance Conference
- 2016 Firmwide Assurance Conference
- Independent Reviewer Training
- 2017 Single Audit Update