Auditors Save the World! Steve Flaherty

In this episode of Auditors Save the World, podcast host Leita Hart-Fanta, CPA interviews superhero, Steve Flaherty.

Tonight, from the foggy streets of the West Coast where sirens wail and the citizens demand justice, comes a lone figure with a pocket full of highlighters and a brain like a steel trap. By day, he walks to work like any other mortal. But even then the gears are turning, the data is whispering, and the audit is already underway!

He’s the scourge of sloppy documentation. The nemesis of vague performance measures. The hero you didn’t know you needed until the findings dropped.

It’s Steve: The Detail Defender!

Armed with trend analysis, unshakable logic, and tests so tight they make villains sweat, Steve took on one of the most sensitive audits in the nation: the police force.

Alone? Yes.

Unarmed? Never. He wielded data like a sword and justice like a spreadsheet!

And when the dust settled? One word: Knighton. Not just a trophy… a testament.

So tune in, truth seekers and audit adventurers, as we uncover the legend of Steve! Where there’s risk, he tests it. Where there’s data, he listens.

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About Steve Flaherty

Steve Flaherty is the Director of Audits at the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability (DPA). He established the department’s audit function and has led projects on police use of force and the handling of officer misconduct. Previously, Steve served as Associate Director at the City and County of San Francisco’s Office of the Controller, where he oversaw audit teams in the City Services Auditor division. He holds a BA in Business-Economics and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive), Certified Internal Auditor, and Certified Fraud Examiner.

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