Employees of the Office of the Provincial Auditor are employees of the Legislative Assembly and are not members of the public service of Saskatchewan. Our Office employs approximately 60 people. Most of these people are professional accountants or training to become professional accountants. We support all three recognized accounting designations: Certified General Accountants, Certified Management Accountants, and Chartered Accountants.

Our Office also employs other professionals such as a health professional, a lawyer, and certified information systems auditors. The skills, experience, and perspectives of these professionals continue to be particularly valuable as we continue to examine broader and more in-depth issues.

As a team of professionals, our Office is organized into five main divisions:

Our Gaming and Insurance Division’s responsibilities include examining the Government’s gaming, insurance, pension, and resource management programs. The Government earns over $2 billion annually from non-renewable resources. Also, the Government’s pension liabilities total over $7 billion. Pension and insurance liabilities require our staff to acquire knowledge to understand the methods used by actuaries and the accounting practices in these industries. Gaming operations (casinos) and resource management also require our staff to understand the unique risks in these industries.

Our Education Division’s responsibilities include examining the Government’s education, training, labour, telecommunications, and infrastructure programs. The education sector (including early childhood development, pre-kindergarten to grade 12 education, technical training, post-secondary education, and provincial libraries) spends over $2 billion annually. In addition, the Government has over $10 billion invested in infrastructure. The Division is also responsible for our government-wide information technology audits.

Our Health Division’s responsibilities include examining the Government’s programs related to health (including regional health authorities), justice, welfare (including child and family services), and distribution of natural gas for home heating. The health and welfare sector spends about $5.0 billion annually. Auditing the delivery of health care and welfare requires our staff to understand risks associated with these programs.

Our Finance and Crown Corporations Division's responsibilities include examining the Government's provincial taxation, cash flow and debt management, transportation, agricultural, and power production and transmission programs. It also leads the audits of the Government’s summary financial statements and Crown Investments Corporation of Saskatchewan.

Our Support Services Division's responsibilities include administration, human resources, research, methodology, training, secretarial, clerical, and information technology.

At March 31, 2010, our Office employed 60 people. Thirty-one of our employees are professional accountants. Twenty are training to become professional accountants..

Our employees are our most valuable resource because "what we do" depends on their knowledge and skills. Creating and maintaining an environment that encourages and rewards ongoing learning is crucial to our success.