Blue Star Accounting and Advising specializes in accounting, advisory, and training services for counties, municipalities, and school districts. Our mission is to help local governments better serve their citizens by enhancing their accounting and business management processes.
Marc R. Roy, CPA, developed his expertise in governmental accounting and management through his experiences in auditing dozens of governments, providing governmental accounting workshops and one-on-one and training to finance directors and treasurers, and having served as the business manager for nearly two dozen towns, schools, and counties throughout Maine.
Blue Star Accounting and Advising is a one-man shop. You’ll see the use of the word “we” all over this website, but that’s more of royal “we” - it’s all just me. Marc.
I started my career auditing towns and schools around the state. Eventually, though, I developed a line of business where I served as the business manager for clients on an out-sourced basis (think, out-sourced CFO, but for governments). This provided me with invaluable experience and insight into how local governments are run that I now use to offer top-notch advice to clients on managing and improving their finances, business processes, and internal controls.
Additionally, over the years I have taught courses in accounting, business management, and auditing as an adjunct at both Central Maine Community College and the University of Southern Maine. And, I have led annual workshops on governmental accounting and auditing for the Maine Tax Collectors and Treasurers’ Association.
I thoroughly enjoy helping clients improve their financial processes and controls which, in turn, improves the timeliness and reliability of the financial information they can provide to their boards, regulators, grantors, and, most importantly, their citizens.