Pros
-Well respected organization in state government -You get to audit people, which can be fun for the short interviews you do conduct -Some opportunities for travel throughout the state -Promotions come over time for most, not just the high achievers -State job with lots of flexibility for time off -Generally good work/life balance -Relatively small size (~150 employees) means everybody knows everybody -Well educated and intellectual work force -Many auditors under 30 makes for a good social group -Promotions to management can come in 3-4 years for most who stick around -Promotions to more senior management (just more pay) can continue after that point each year -Good experience for accountants looking to get their CPA with attest experience -Hire a large number of recent college grads with little/no experience and provided training -Exposed to high level managers at the BSA and as auditees -Good place to jump start a career with the state due to fast ability to promote compared to some other state agencies -Relatively easy to transfer to other state agencies due to breadth of state experience gained and high reputation of the BSA with other state agencies -Good foundation for law school
Cons
-Projects can require a significant amount of overtime -Projects vary from the extremely mundane to the slightly interesting -Ability to promote depends in large part on job assignments and supervisors -Much of the work conducted by staff level employees is simple grunt-work (scanning and uploading documents, reviewing simple spreadsheets, documenting simple processes in word) -Job skills not seen as highly transferable outside of auditing or government/policy work by some future employers -While half of staff are "accountants", financial audit work is very non-technical from an accounting perspective, does not provide practical accounting experience or knowledge (for example many non-accountants also work on the financial audit with success)