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The Role and Educational Requirements of a City Auditor

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The Role and Educational Requirements of a City Auditor

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Brenda D. Roberts is a resident of Oakland, CA, and has extensive experience working in local government, including as City Auditor for the City of Oakland. Her training and education prepared her for the challenges of the role of City Auditor.

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Brenda D. Roberts is a resident of Oakland, CA, and has extensive experience working in local government, including as City Auditor for the City of Oakland. Her training and education prepared her for the challenges of the role of City .

The primary responsibilities of a City Auditor include the management and direction of financial and performance audits of programs sponsored by the city. The City Auditor has a team of professionals trained in auditing, accounting, fraud investigations and IT systems to conduct these audits, reviews and investigations.

To take on the job of City Auditor a person should first acquire the technical knowledge in accounting, information systems or other related area. Each city or region has identified specific job requirements for the auditor role. But most insist on several years of experience as an accountant or auditor, a credential, such as the CPA license or the Certified Internal Auditor certificate, and several years of management experience.

As the City Auditor has the responsibility for ensuring accuracy and transparency of program spending, he/she must have above average skills in accounting, attention to detail, and organization. And City Auditors must also be well-versed in local, state, and federal laws regarding a municipal government's financial activities.

An established audit professional in Oakland, California, Brenda Roberts has spent more than two decades as an auditor for publicly-held companies, government agencies, and other organizations. She began her career in public accounting with KPMG. Later, as Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche she collaborated with other managers and took on critical roles in the recruitment programs and staff training initiatives while managing well-performing audit teams and leading financial reporting efforts. View all posts by brendarobertsblog

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The Role and Educational Requirements of a City Auditor

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Brenda D. Roberts is a resident of Oakland, CA, and has extensive experience working in local government, including as City Auditor for the City of Oakland. Her training and education prepared her for the challenges of the role of City Auditor. The primary responsibilities of a City Auditor include the management and direction of financial...

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SeminarsWorld Virtual Fosters Key Skills in Project Managers

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SeminarsWorld Virtual Fosters Key Skills in Project Managers

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A Knighton Award-winning Audit Executive, Brenda D. Roberts has established herself as a financial expert. As Director of Internal Audit at the AAA, she developed anti-fraud programs to both detect fraudulent acts and to educate and train the organization’s employees in ways to prevent them. In addition to her work in auditing, Brenda Roberts is a member of the Project Management Institute.

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A Knighton Award-winning Audit Executive, Brenda D. Roberts has established herself as a financial expert. As Director of Internal Audit at the AAA, she developed anti-fraud programs to both detect fraudulent acts and to educate and train the organization's employees in ways to prevent them. In addition to her work in auditing, Brenda Roberts is a member of the Project Management Institute.

The Project Management Institute (PMI)is a nonprofit professional association serving project management professionals. With more than 2 million members across 80 countries around the world, PMI creates global standards for the profession and offers training courses to advance the careers of its members.

PMI offers a special series of online seminars titled SeminarsWorld Virtual. The online instructor-led seminars cover a variety of subjects, such as communication strategies for team management, creative tools for project managers, and emotional intelligence for program leadership. The seminars range in duration from one hour to a few days. Seminar participants can earn continuing education credits or professional development units.

Registration for the SeminarsWorld Virtual series can be completed online at www.pmi.org/events/seminarsworld. Fees depend on seminar duration and cover tuition and all seminar materials.

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SeminarsWorld Virtual Fosters Key Skills in Project Managers

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A Knighton Award-winning Audit Executive, Brenda D. Roberts has established herself as a financial expert. As Director of Internal Audit at the AAA, she developed anti-fraud programs to both detect fraudulent acts and to educate and train the organization's employees in ways to prevent them.

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The Role and Educational Requirements of a City Auditor

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The Role and Educational Requirements of a City Auditor

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Brenda D. Roberts is a resident of Oakland, CA, and has extensive experience working in local government, including as City Auditor for the City of Oakland. Her training and education prepared her for the challenges of the role of City Auditor.

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The Role and Educational Requirements of a City Auditor

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An experienced audit executive, Brenda Roberts has an MBA in Finance from Golden Gate University.

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Services Offered by the Oakland Workforce Development Board

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Services Offered by the Oakland Workforce Development Board

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With a career focused on finance and auditing, Brenda Roberts served as the City Auditor for the City of Oakland for four years. Brenda D. Roberts directed numerous audits of City operations, including an audit of the Oakland Workplace Development Board (Workforce Development).

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With a career focused on finance and auditing, Brenda Roberts served as the City Auditor for the City of Oakland for four years. Brenda D. Roberts directed numerous audits of City operations, including an audit of the Oakland Workplace Development Board (Workforce Development).

The Workforce Development Board was created to oversee federally funded activities related to workforce development in the City of Oakland. This funding is dispersed to various non-profit agencies - organizations charged with providing employment and job training services to their clients - Oakland residents.

Clients gain ccess to local, regional, and national job listings, along with contacts for local businesses that are looking for employees. For those who are not sure what job would suit them, these organizations can assess aptitudes, interests, abilities, and values to match them with a potential career. There are experts available that can offer career advice and coaching to help the client successfully gain employment.

Through this federal funding, technicians help clients with resume writing skills, gathering references, and preparing for job interviews. Seminars and other educational aids are also available for clients who want to improve their qualifications and skills, compare companies, jobs, and the labor market trends or research potential jobs or careers. Additional educational resources are available to clients for further and ongoing education and training opportunities, including online resources, which has been useful during the past year of the COVID pandemic, accommodating the required stay-at-home and remote working from home mandates.

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Services Offered by the Oakland Workforce Development Board

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With a career focused on finance and auditing, Brenda Roberts served as the City Auditor for the City of Oakland for four years. Brenda D. Roberts directed numerous audits of City operations, including an audit of the Oakland Workplace Development Board (Workforce Development).