Brian Aquino

Brian is a seasoned public accountant with over 20 years of experience, dedicating his career to serving local governments. His primary focus is on assisting governments with all facets of the financial statement preparation process. He has extensive experience in preparing governmental financial statements and Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFR), ensuring compliance with requirements governing both the cash basis and GAAP basis of accounting. Brian also provides consultation services on complex accounting implementations and best practice solutions and assists local governments through the audit process.

Brian is a member of the firm’s Government Services Industry Group, working with all types of government entities, ranging from counties, municipalities, and school districts to uniquely structured single-purpose governments, such as port authorities, airports, solid waste districts, and utility operations.

Brian is passionate about walking clients through new accounting requirements and helping them navigate the myriad of federal, state, and local laws and regulations with which local governments must comply. Brian provides experienced insight and proactive approaches that result in decreased burden and confident compliance. Brian stays up to date with governmental accounting and financial reporting standards by attending annual trainings provided by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the National Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA).