The Auditor-Controller’s Internal Audit Division is at full capacity after not being able to fill all positions for a decade. Valley News/Courtesy photo
RIVERSIDE – The Auditor-Controller’s Internal Audit Division is now operating at full capacity. Ben J. Benoit, Riverside County Auditor-Controller, announced his office has successfully hired 10 new employees, effectively filling all previously vacant positions within the division. A grand jury report released in 2022 found that former Auditor-Controller failed to fill the positions for a decade to an effective level that would help instill confidence with risk management and independent evaluation of county departments' consistency with operational expectations. Upon entering the office of Auditor-Controller in 2023, Benoit pledged to fully staff the Auditor-Controller’s Office and address the concerns raised in the Grand Jury report.
“I’m proud to announce that the Internal Au
