About Comptroller Operations
The Office of Comptroller Operations prepares and issues the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s comprehensive annual financial report, or CAFR, and the state-level single audit. The office oversees the commonwealth’s accounting, payroll, and financial reporting systems. We also provide auditing, financial management, accounts payable, and accounts receivable services; enterprise-wide travel management and support; quality assurance and process improvement consulting; and other specialized services including enterprise vendor registration and support.
In 2009, the Office of Comptroller Operations completed a bold reorganization to a shared services model that combined nine offices and bureaus and streamlined the commonwealth’s finance business processes resulting in an annual savings of $10 million compared to 2008 costs. This reform earned the office the Government Finance Officers Association’s (GFOA) 2011 E-Government and Technology Award for Excellence in Government Finance. In 2022, we also earned the GFOA Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 36th consecutive year.
Our Mission
To ensure fiscal integrity and provide quality financial services to protect the public interest.
Our Vision
To provide valued insight, foresight, and oversight of commonwealth funds for Pennsylvania taxpayers.
Our Goals
- Provide fiscal insight, foresight, and oversight of commonwealth financial systems, processes, and policies to ensure fiscal integrity, quality financial services, and meaningful information.
- Create a desired work culture that anticipates and invests in the needs of our employees and satisfies the needs of our internal and external customers.
- Maximize the value of the Office of Comptroller Operations by providing effective, efficient, and flexible services.
Our Core Values
We demonstrate ethical principles in all aspects of our work. We do the right thing, not the easy thing. We act with honesty and accept responsibility for our actions.
We acknowledge and accept responsibility for our actions, assignments, and duties within the organization. We empower individuals and rely on them to use their capabilities responsibly. We follow through on promises and lead by example.
We communicate openly within our organization to benefit from the innovative thoughts and ideas of staff members and create synergy. We have a clear understanding of our mission and our goals, and we inform everyone of our mission’s objectives.
We strive to earn enduring trust of others, which we believe is essential to long-term personal and business relationships.
We prove reliability and consistency to our customers in everything that we do.
We respond to changing circumstances and requirements. We learn from experiences. We recognize the need for our organization to be adaptable to dynamic economic conditions as well as evolving accounting, reporting, and auditing standards.
We achieve more working together than on our own. We are a winning team of talented people, deriving expertise from all levels of the organization. We combine our experience and expertise in business for greater success.
We have the passion to do our best in each moment. We insist in giving our best effort in everything we undertake. We consciously set the highest standards for quality and take steps to achieve them. We relentlessly pursue continuous improvement and quality in projects, processes, and services, and define success as getting the right things done well.