Audit Supervisor

About the role

Audit Supervisor: Serve as the Office of the City Auditor’s frontline leader, overseeing complex assurance and advisory engagements while ensuring alignment with IPPF (2024 Global Internal Audit Standards) and Office methodologies. Drive risk-based audit execution, develop and mentor audit staff, and advance the Office’s strategic priorities through high-quality, standards-aligned work.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex financial, compliance, performance/operational, and IT/cyber audits from planning through reporting.
• Supervise and coach audit staff, translate strategic priorities into actionable expectations, and drive staff development through structured feedback and competency-based plans.
• Ensure training and professional development are implemented, strengthen engagement quality through methodology enforcement, and advance the QAIP through ongoing monitoring and assessments.
• Cookpintegrated assurance with risk management, compliance, and external auditors, deliver executive-ready reports for senior stakeholders, and contribute to annual audit planning using risk insights and capacity analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, public administration, or a related field.
• Five (5) years of professional experience in auditing, accounting, or compliance, or related field, including experience leading engagements.

Qualifications

• Experience in municipal or utility environments.
• Project management or IT audit experience.
• Certification (e.g., CIA, CPA, CFE, PMP, CISA).

Skills

• Knowledge of 2024 Global Internal Audit Standards and related guidance.
• Advanced audit methodology design including risk assessment, analytics, sampling, continuous auditing, and documentation standards.
• Municipal operations, governance, enterprise risk management, compliance, and fraud risk management.
• Data analysis including sampling, anomaly detection, and continuous monitoring.
• IT/cybersecurity control awareness (e.g., NIST, COBIT).
• Microsoft 365, ACL/Analytics, TeamMate, SharePoint, ERP systems, Excel/Power query, and Power Business Intelligence (Power BI).

Benefits

The City of Colorado Springs offers additional compensation depending on the position, area of assignment, and specific job assignments, including shift differential, pay differential, acting or lead, special assignment, hazard pay, longevity, cell phone allowance, uniform allowance, relocation, awards, standby, call out, compensatory time off, tuition, overtime, extra duty, incentive, holiday premium, proficiency, and vacation sell back.

Pay

$91,476.71 - $109,815.98 Annually

Schedule

At-Will