Leita Hart-Fanta, CPA, CGFM
Principal

Leita Hart-Fanta makes finance and auditing fun and easy. She converts the complex topics of accounting, finance, auditing, and budgeting into information that professionals can absorb and use.

Leita is the author of:

• Accounting Demystified—a McGraw-Hill book explaining basic accounting concepts
• The Four Principles of Happy Cash Flow—which explains how all businesses can implement the cash flow maximizing techniques of Dell and Wal-Mart
• Continuing professional education self-study manuals on:
• The Risk Assessment Suite of SASs
• The Yellow Book—Government Auditing Standards
• Cash Flow
• Governmental Accounting
• Lean/Six Sigma for Accountants
• The Public Funds Investment Act online course for Texas State University
• Auditing guides, including:
• Basic Audit Skills
• Yellow Book Government Auditing Standards
• Interviewing Skills for Auditors

Leita has owned and operated AuditSkills, a training and professional development company, since 1995. She has conducted and developed courses on balanced scorecard management, audit supervision, financial analysis, budgeting, business writing, finance for non-financial managers, cash flow, presentation skills, government auditing standards, and performance measurement.

Leita’s clients include CED Corporation, USAA, Temple-Inland, The Los Angeles Unified School District, The LBJ School of Public Affairs, EDS, Dell Computer, First Data Corporation, Joseph Eves CPAs, The Texas Society of CPAs, The National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers, The Texas Municipal League, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, The Texas State Auditor’s Office, Broadwing, Inc., The Association of Government Accountants, The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, The Alaska State Auditor, Western CPE, The Montana Society of CPAs, The Reznick Group, The North Dakota Office of the State Auditor, The Texas Department of Human Services, Great West Insurance, Valero Energy, Western CPE, The University of Texas, Texas Children’s Hospital, Southwest Texas State University, The Minnesota Society of CPAs, The Arizona Society of CPAs, and The Albuquerque, Phoenix, San Antonio, and El Paso Chapters of the IIA.

Leita is an experienced facilitator, having led over 800 full or multi-day seminars. She has also keynoted numerous conferences and developed over twenty-five distinct courses and speeches.

During her five years with the Texas State Auditor’s Office, she acted as both an auditor and a communications specialist. Leita led the team that produced a national-award-winning report summarizing the financial condition of the State.

Leita is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor’s in business administration. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Government Financial Manager. She serves on the conference planning committees of the local chapters of the Texas Society of CPAs. She is an executive board member of the Austin chapter of the Association of Government Accountants. She is a technical reviewer for the AGA’s Certificate of Achievement in Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting.

To learn more about Leita, see her websites at:
www.leitahart.com
www.happycashflow.com
www.auditskills.com

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Learn more about Leita's colleagues:

Eric S. Berman, CPA
Sefton Boyars, CPA
Bruce Truitt