The author of the article considers the issue of appointing and dismissing control inspectors and their place in the organizational structure of the Social Insurance Institution. According to author's opinion are necessary changes, consisting in regulating the status of a candidate for a control inspector and elaborating a professional development path for employees carrying out checks on contribution payers. Therefore, the author tries to indicate the direction of changes, proposing a scheme of professional promotion to optimize the assignment of tasks and increase the effectiveness of the controls.