FCS GROUP welcomes utility finance analyst, Sam Ault, to the team. Sam specializes in rate modeling for water, sewer and stormwater utilities throughout the Pacific Northwest. In his free time Sam enjoys brushing up on his Spanish speaking skills and would love to get back to South America to visit.
Congratulations to Principal and Shareholder Jason Mumm on his election as Chair to the AWWA Rates and Charges Committee. FCS GROUP is excited to announce that Jason Mumm has been elected to the American Water Works Association Rates and Charges Committee Chairmanship. Jason is an FCS GROUP principal and shareholder with specialized financial and [...]
Congratulations to FCS GROUP Project Manager Brooke Tacia for her appointment to the Association of Women in Public Finance Pacific Northwest Chapter Board of Directors. Brooke is an FCS GROUP project manager specializing in water, sewer, and stormwater utility financial analyses, cost-of-service assessments, and connection charge studies for utilities. In addition, Brooke also develops [...]
FCS GROUP is featured in Association of Washington Cities (AWC) magazine Cityvision this month. Utility Services are vital to the health and well-being of our communities. Healthy utilities generate predictable, consistent revenue and are largely self-sufficient. Time and again, it has proven that fiscally sound utilities can weather operational impacts. Read More [...]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we're all working hard remotely. Here are a few image of our home offices. We hope you're faring well, too.
FCS GROUP staff participated in a volunteer work party event in support of Green Seattle Partnership (https://www.greenseattle.org/). Twelve of us spent time tearing out invasive ivy and blackberry plants from the hillside in Golden Gardens Park north of Seattle. Dirty work, but very satisfying. Great job team!
FCS GROUP staff spent some time at Serial Events (serialevents.com) in Bellevue, Washington, engaging in some intense team building and fun. Happy Summer 2019 to clients and friends!
By Martin Chaw Abstract: In 1992, Harvard Business School Professors Robert Kaplan and David Norton developed the Balanced Scorecard (BSC). Drs. Kaplan and Norton recognized the importance for high performing organizations to use a balanced view of an organization’s performance. The premise of the BSC was that intangible assets of an organization (processes [...]
FCS GROUP is attending the 2018 Washington Finance Officers Association (WFOA) conference in Vancouver, WA. Here is the booth set up for the four day event.