The Indiana State Auditor is a constitutional and elected office in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. State of Indiana. The Auditor of Indiana is elected to a four-year term and is subject to term limits where the officeholder is bound to serving eight years out of any twelve-year period. In this position, the auditor serves as the state's chief financial officer and is in charge of the oversight of state funds and revenue. The incumbent state auditor is Republican former state representative Suzanne Crouch. Crouch has held this position since being appointed by Indiana Governor Mike Pence on January 2, 2014. In 2008, the annual salary of the auditor of Indiana was $66,000.