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County officials outline fixes after 2023 payroll errors, commit to ongoing audits
Summary
Miami-Dade County administrators reported progress on an audit of payroll errors discovered in August 2023, described steps taken to reduce risk, and promised a follow-up comprehensive audit and semiannual status reports while flagging remaining training and system-update needs.
Chief Carla Denise Armbruster Edwards, who oversees administration for the Office of the Mayor, told the Miami-Dade County Appropriations Committee that a payroll audit stemming from errors discovered in August 2023 has produced measurable fixes but still requires ongoing work.
The August 2023 errors ‘‘was a result of the system not being fully implemented and used at its full capacity,’’ Edwards said, adding that the county’s PeopleSoft human-capital-management (HCM) deployment lacked some auditing functions and standard operating procedures at the time. The county’s internal compliance department completed an audit in November 2023 and identified 40 issues; Edwards said 39 of those items have been resolved and the county is tracking the remainder with a ‘‘stoplight’’ report.
Why it matters: payroll errors affect thousands of county employees and elected officials and can require lengthy recoveries or corrections. The committee heard…
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