The Victorian Government is looking to appoint a new Auditor-General following the resignation last month of Des Pearson.

 

Mr Pearson served for 21 years as an Auditor-General, including the past six years as Victoria’s 25th Auditor-General.

 

Announcing his resignation, Mr Pearson said much had been achieved during his tenure including the development of a four-year rolling annual plan that is aligned with the stated goals of the elected government.

 

“We have further refined and developed our financial and performance audit approaches to provide greater assurance to Parliament about the accountability and performance of the Victorian Public Sector.

 

“The rigour of our methodologies, the transparency of our audit approach and the respect earned for our audit opinions and reports to Parliament are testament to our achievements. It has been especially gratifying to receive consistently positive feedback from Members of Parliament and the community about our concise and reader-friendly performance audit reports and our adoption of sector-based financial reporting.

 

The Parliament of Victoria is seeking applications for the position by October 1.