The
Auditor-Controller
As your County Auditor-Controller, I
serve as your 'fiscal overseer' on what the
Independently elected by
you, my Office provides you with sound checks and balances which serve as the
foundation upon which good accountability to you rests.
The staff of the
Auditor-Controller's Office proudly provides the
In order to meet the
challenge of government - to provide increased services with diminishing
resources - we are taking steps to implement and fully utilize advanced
technology to help bridge this ever-growing gap. Furthermore, we are
moving aggressively to make the office more efficient and responsive to the
taxpayer through the training of staff, professional certifications, and
through a goal-oriented teamwork approach.
As your Auditor-Controller,
I pledge to take the office to a new level of service, accountability, and
professionalism. We will achieve this goal by raising the bar to a higher
standard and by providing more timely and more useful information to County
management, while providing the citizens of
Sincerely,
ROBERT
E. BYRD, CGFM
Riverside
Biography of Robert E. Byrd
For more than three years preceding 2002 I served as the Assistant
Auditor-Controller in
- General Accounting - Recording and Reporting,
General Ledger Maintenance and Analysis, and Payment processing for the
County
- Property Tax - Property Tax Accounting and
Distribution
- Payroll - Payroll Services
- Audits and Specialized
Accounting
- Departmental Audits, Court Accounting, COWCAP, Mandated Programs, Budget
Maintenance, Form 11 Processing
- Administrative Section - Office payroll and
accounting, human resource transactions, clerical and secretarial,
equipment and facilities management, and training.
Professional
Background
- Elected Riverside
- Assistant Auditor-Controller, Auditor-Controller's
Office,
- Accounting Manager, Waste Management,
- Principal Accountant, Flood Control,
- Internal Auditor, Department of Public and Social
Services,
- Accountant,
- Owner, Alpha Home Health Services (a home health agency
licensed in
- Medicare Reimbursement Auditor,
- Controller, Home Health Agencies (1980)
Certifications
and Professional Memberships
- Certified Government Financial Manager
- Government Finance Officers' Association
- State Association of
- 1998 Who's Who in Professional Management, Award Winner
- 2002 Elected Auditor-Controller of
Community
- Member
- Past Church Treasurer and Finance Committee Chairman
- Church Board, Member
- Past Church Deacon
- Part of a nursing home visitation program at church
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- Past Treasurer of California Stonegate Home Owners
Association
Personal
Born and raised in