Full time
State of California Office of the Controller
Hybrid
The Operations Bureau performs prepayment audits of claims from state agencies to ensure legality, validity, and compliance with laws and regulations. The auditing process serves as a safeguard against improper claims by verifying legal justification, budget appropriation, and program alignment. It ensures claims confirm authority and consistency with relevant state and federal statutes, judicial opinions, attorney general guidance, and the California Constitution.
Under general direction provided by the Senior Management Auditor, the Principal Claim Auditor (PCA) supervises claim auditor staff engaged in extremely time sensitive audit of all claims (both paper claims and FI$Cal vouchers) against the State prior to payment from the State Treasury. The PCA is responsible for planning, direction, and coordination of the work of claim auditor staff within the Claim Audits unit. The Principal Claim Auditor trains and supervises staff and manages the unit workload....