Office Functions

Comptroller's Office Functions In Brief

Accounting Services - Captures all of the accounting activities for the City. Functions include accounts payable, central business index, general ledger control group, payroll, and risk management.

Asset Management - Responsible for the accounting of fixed assets and City-owned property. This includes the municipal garage, telecommunications, travel, real estate, and vital records.

Contract Administration - Collects, reviews and processes all contracts the City enters into with outside vendors and service providers.

Federal Grants - Handles the financial management of all federal, state and locally funded grant programs.

Finance and Development - Responsible for the efficient management of the City's financing, improving the City's long-term credit rating and refinancing/restructuring the City's debt.

Financial Reporting - Prepares all external and internal financial reports for the City.

Gateway Transportation Center - The City of St. Louis' state-of-the-art multimodal transportation hub operated by the Comptroller's Office.

Internal Audit - Audits various City departments and offices to ensure City government operates effectively and efficiently. Provides City officials and taxpayers with reasonable assurance that public funds and property are adequately safeguarded.