Asif Khan is a Director at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the Financial Management and Assurance team. He focuses on financial management issue areas on GAO’s High Risk List. His current focus is on improving financial management at the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security.

Mr. Khan supports oversight of these departments’ financial management transformation efforts through financial and performance audits and recommendations for removing impediments to financial statement auditability, strengthening internal controls, and modernizing business processes. 

Mr. Khan joined GAO in January 2009, after almost 20 years in public accounting, most of it with major firms auditing and advising U.S. government agencies. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Government Financial Manager, and Certified Information Systems Auditor.