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Accountants go beyond bean counting

By Cindy Atoji Keene

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  January 22, 2012

When a new law regulating nonprofits was adopted in Massachusetts in 2006, accounting consultant Kevin Derrivan found himself explaining UPMIFA - the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act - to a lot of board directors. Acting as an information resource is just one of the many pinch-hitting roles that Derrivan performs. Derrivan, who travels to New Jersey, New Hampshire and points in between, has been asked to do everything from audit reviews to filling in as interim chief financial officer.

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