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Ernie Almonte

Chief Visionary Officer & CEO
Almonte Group LLC
North Scituate, RI

 

As Rhode Island’s Former Auditor General, Ernie Almonte didn’t have a boss. He had 1,050,788 of them.

He was the fiscal watchdog for Rhode Island taxpayers, making sure every dollar of the state’s funds goes right where it should.

He had help: the FBI, Secret Service, Attorney General and state legislators. “My job was pretty exciting,” he says, with steely understatement. Sounds like it – a typical day’s schedule could include a high-profile fraud investigation followed by a briefing with the governor.

Strong stuff. But it proved to be just another day at the office to a guy who spends his spare time honing his martial arts skills, and gets up each morning with a strong sense of personal mission.

After 15 years as Auditor General, he made the switch from government to public accounting. Ernie started his own firm the Almonte Group LLC where is is the Chief Visionary Officer and CEO. He conducts forensic audits, data analytics, and does accounting and tax work. He also does consulting for federal, state and local governments on financial issues including budgets, audits, pensions and sustainability. 

This was a pretty easy move for Ernie. “All the training and all the contacts I made in my 15 years as Rhode Island Auditor General have set the foundation for a successful transition to a public accounting firm,” he says. “This has been a great transition for me because I am doing a lot of the things that I did as the Auditor General.”

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