Essie Robertson joined the Department of Finance in February 2006 in Cost Planning and Management before eventually moving to the Office of Financial Accountability (OFA) in July 2009. Before joining OMB, she was a CPA for Southern & Associates managing small business accounting, taxes and real estate. Essie has also worked in the accounting departments of Northern Telecom Finance and Hospital Corporation of America. Essie contributes to OFA over 25 years of accounting experience in public, private and government sectors.

Essie is a Certified Public Accountant with an undergraduate degree in Accounting and Information Systems from Belmont University.