Job Description

The NYC Comptroller oversees the city’s financial transactions, making sure that government raises and spends money appropriately. He or she must audit and investigate how the city handles its finances, including how city agencies and programs manage contracts, receipts, and expenditures of city funds.

The Comptroller also invests the city’s money (including pension funds) in funds, bonds, and stocks, and advises NYC’s other officials about the city’s financial conditions, and recommends changes to fiscal policy and financial transactions.

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Collects and audits NYC's finances and spending, including:

Reviews and makes city spending decisions

Handles NYC's financial accounts and systems

Manages the city’s 5 pension funds, with over $175 billion in combined assets