About Us

Organization and Staffing

The Office of Audits reports to the Deputy Commissioner Chief Financial Officer and is arranged in four Audit Sections with one Section having a sub-section for compliance and review of privately conducted audits. Most audit personnel in the Office travel statewide fully 80 percent of the time conducting audits and reviews.

There are 34 positions in the Office. These positions are comprised of Auditors, Program Evaluation Analysts, Managers and clerical personnel. Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certificates are not required but are encouraged.

The Office of Audits is required to coordinate all audits, reviews, examinations or other studies conducted on any part of the Department by outside agencies. These include audit organizations from the Federal and State governments, as well as the Budgetary Responsibility Oversight Committee (BROC).

Audit status and/or delinquency is provided to contractors and department management in order to ensure that contracted providers comply with departmental policy for audits. The Office maintains a audit status system which is updated daily or as often as required, which identifies those organzations that have not submitted an audit, have an additional 30 days before the audit is due, and those entities that have not provided the required financial information for continuing to contract with DHR.

In performing its mission, the Office of Audits provides to department management, advice concerning the financial condition of contractors as indicated from their audit reports and assists the divisions and offices in finding solutions to financial and performance issues.

Functions of the Office

Audit Sections I, II, and III conduct financial and compliance audits of the Georgia Department of Human Resources’ 159 County Departments of Family and Children Services. These audits are conducted in support of the State of Georgia’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and the State Audit of the Department.

The Compliance and Review Section of the Office, review audits performed by private sector auditors on organizations that receive departmental funds. These private sector audits include not-for-profit agencies as well as local governments and quasi-governmental agencies. Approximately 600 audits are required annually.

The Program Evaluation Section manages the audit work conducted on the community service boards across the state. These audits include both financial and compliance as well as performance related reviews.

Other functions that cross these sections include assistance provided to requesting departmental units for special investigations/reviews/audits/evaluations, and studies. The office averages eight of these requests annually.