As a Financial Analyst, Karen Roath oversees a variety of responsibilities to support the financial operations of the Office of the Provost. This includes executing the accounting and financial duties for the office’s financial transactions in compliance with university policies and procedures and various aspects of tracking, monitoring, and analyzing the division’s budget. Before joining the Provost’s Office, Roath worked as an accountant at the department and the college level at Auburn University. Her work outside the University includes serving as a Criminal Investigator Special Agent for the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Division, where she investigated and “followed the money,” leading to financial crime prosecutions. Roath graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University.
