CHARLES G.
CHAFFIN, CPA, CIA is the Chief Audit Executive
and System-wide Compliance Officer for The University
of Texas System. Mr. Chaffin has overall responsibility
for all internal auditing activities for The System's
15 component institutions and their respective audit
offices. He is also responsible for providing guidance
to the various component compliance programs and information
to The System's Executive Management and Board of Regents.
Mr. Chaffin has been, since its inception in January 1998, the U.T.
System official primarily responsible for the development and implementation
of the U.T. System Institutional Compliance Program. In 2002, the
U.T. System Institutional Compliance Program received a Best Practice
Award from the Southern Association of College and University Business
Officers (SACUBO) which recognized the program as a model that other
colleges and universities should adopt in order to improve their business
and administrative functions.
In 2001, Mr. Chaffin co-authored Effective
Compliance Systems: A Practical Guide for Educational
Institutions (published by The Institute
of Internal Auditors Research Foundation). His article, "No More
Risky Business," was featured in the July 2003 issue of NACUBO's
Business Officer magazine.
Mr. Chaffin has chaired 5 national conferences on Effective Compliance
Systems and is regarded as one of the most knowledgeable practitioners
in higher education compliance and control self-assessment. He has
been a frequent presenter at professional auditing and compliance
conferences, including those hosted by IIA, NACUBO, SACUBO, AICPA,
and ACUA.
Mr. Chaffin was previously an audit partner with Deloitte and Touche
in Houston, Texas. He is a former accounting instructor for the University
of South Florida and served with the U. S. Army in Viet Nam.
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Email: cchaffin@utsystem.edu
System Audit Department
201 7th Street
CLB 3.100
Austin, Texas 78701
Phone: (512) 499-4390
Fax: (512) 499-4426
