State Auditor
Description: The State Auditor is a separately elected and constitutionally independent office holder who deals with all of state government. This includes each agency, office, division, department and every individual employee, either through the payment of reimbursable expenses or the payroll process. Term: 4 year term; Limit: 2 consecutive termsSalary: $93,046Requirements of Office: There are no specific qualifications for this office.
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Catherine Barranco
(Rep)
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Tom Cool
(Dem)
What qualifications do you have for this job?
How do you propose to improve audit procedures to reduce fraud in our state government?
I am Catherine Barranco, candidate for South Dakota State Auditor. I hold bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics. I developed budgets, projections, business strategies, and financial reports for a Walmart corporate division with more than $165 million in annual revenue, and I assisted financial fraud investigations at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I understand both the private-sector discipline of managing large sums of money and the investigative rigor needed to protect the public from misuse of funds.
President Reagan once said, “Every dollar the government spends comes out of your pockets.” As a single mom and a former small-business owner, I understand every dollar was hard-fought. I will continue the high standard this office has set and add sharper review and analytics, including a dedicated effort to identify waste, fraud, and inefficiency.
I am honored to be endorsed by current State Auditor Rich Sattgast.
Taxpayer dollars belong to the taxpayers! As State Auditor, my job is to be a careful, independent check before money leaves the state treasury. South Dakota is in the process of modernizing that work through Project BISON, the new statewide financial system that will replace our decades-old accounting platform. I am proud to be a part of those conversations already. When BISON is fully implemented in the Auditor’s Office, we will have real-time access to transactions, documents linked together, and stronger controls on payments. That means greater efficiency, better productivity, and more transparency, plus additional oversight during the review process.
My team and I will use those tools to strengthen pre-audit of claims and vouchers and to spot problems earlier. In short, I will work tirelessly to ensure you get more bang for your taxpayer buck.
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