An Invitation From the California State Auditor

Dear Reader:

If you are investigating your career opportunities, we encourage you to seriously consider a challenging position with the California State Auditor. We are looking for people with drive, motivation, strong technical and communication skills, and a desire to immediately contribute to the organization's mission. If you are ready for varied and challenging audit work and want your efforts to be meaningful and recognized from the first day, you should carefully read the information on this Web site.

The mission of the State Auditor is to provide taxpayers and their elected representatives with a "fiscal watchdog," assuring that state funds are spent in the most efficient and effective manner. A team of audit and administrative professionals fulfill this mandate by performing complex financial, performance, and investigative audits on every aspect of California's government operations.

A career with the State Auditor offers unique advantages. They include working:

• For an organization whose reputation and credibility are unmatched in state government.
• With a small management team that is concerned about you personally and professionally.
• In an environment that fosters creativity and individual accountability.
• With coworkers who are dedicated professionals proud of their accomplishments yet always striving for improvement.
• For an office that provides CPA qualifying experience similar to public accounting.
• Towards improving State government through financial, performance, and investigative audits that generate savings and program efficiencies.

We are convinced the State Auditor provides a unique opportunity for outstanding accounting, business, and public policy graduates to quickly undertake the challenges of the auditing profession. Hopefully, after reading this information, you will agree with us and apply for a position.

Sincerely,

ELAINE M. HOWLE, CPA
State Auditor