AUBURN NATIONAL
BANCORPORATION,
INC AND SUBSIDIARIES
EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-14 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
CERTIFICATION
I, W.
James Walker,
IV,
certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Auburn National Bancorporation,
Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer
and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in
which this report is being prepared;
b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to
be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted
c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,
as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation;
and
d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting that occurred
during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter
(the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter
in the case of an annual
report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer
and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors
and the audit committee of the registrant’s
board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in
the registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting.
Date: August 2, 2024
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
