Auditor 1/Auditor Trainee 1/Auditor Trainee 2 (NY HELPS)

About the Role

The incumbent will report to the Office of Administration and Finance's Grants Program Administration Unit and support the Fiscal Monitoring Unit. They will be responsible for the fiscal monitoring of grantees receiving federal and state funded grant contracts throughout New York State, including counties, other local jurisdictions, and not-for-profit organizations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and administer a fiscal monitoring program that provides reasonable assurance that grant funds are compliant with federal and state financial management requirements.
• Ensure grantee compliance with 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200 Subpart F - Audit Requirements.
• Obtain and review Single Audit Reports as required.
• Track Single Audit Report findings and fiscal monitoring issues of grantees to identify trends and address problem areas.
• Identify and provide technical assistance to grantees.
• Ensure corrective action from previous fiscal monitoring reports, audits, or from any other sources that require such follow-up.
• Review the adequacy of internal controls and the reliability of the grantee’s financial management system as they relate to the contracts.
• Help ensure that the grantee meets the terms and conditions of the contract(s), as they relate to fiscal goals or requirements.
• Help ensure that amounts reported are accurate, allowable, supported by documentation, and properly allocated.
• Perform other duties and special projects as required.
• Travel may be required (approximately 40%), including during evening and weekends, depending on mission and assignment.

Ability to speak comfortably with various group sizes and levels of professionals. Previous audit or monitoring experience and strong writing skills are preferred.

Qualifications

This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, candidates must meet the open-competitive minimum qualifications for this position.

Auditor 1 Level Requirements:

• Auditor Trainee 1 (SG-14): A bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation or a bachelor's degree with 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation courses.
• Auditor Trainee 2 (SG-16): A bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation or a bachelor's degree with 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation courses and one year of professional experience in accounting/auditing or financial internal or field auditing, where you were responsible for the full range of activities in the design and/or review, analysis, and management of accounting systems, resulting in the preparation of, or recommendations on, financial statements in accord with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Auditor 1, SG-18: A bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, or taxation; or a bachelor's degree with 24 semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation courses and two years of professional experience in accounting/auditing or financial internal or field auditing, where you were responsible for the full range of activities in the design and/or review, analysis, and management of accounting systems, resulting in the preparation of, or recommendations on, financial statements in accord with generally accepted accounting principles.

Dependent upon qualifications, if appointed as a trainee, successful completion of a one-year or two-year traineeship leads to appointment as an Auditor 1, SG-18.

Reassignment/Transfer:

• Current New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services employee with one year or more permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55b/c service as an Auditor 1 and are interested in reassignment.
• Current New York State employee with one year or more of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55b/c service in a position for transfer under Section 70.1 as appropriate of the Civil Service Law.

NOTE: Employees on the Civil Service eligible list will be considered. If you are on the eligible list and not reachable, you may be eligible for another appointment method. You are encouraged to access GOT-IT on the Career Mobility website to determine transfer eligibility.

Additional Information

• Support of operations during times of emergency and disaster from State Emergency Operations Center (EOC), state field offices, and/or local deployments may be required, which would result in a change and/or increase in working hours, locations, and/or duties.
• Employees are required to apply and obtain approval through management to telecommute according to the agency's Telecommuting Program Guidelines.
• This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). For the duration of the NY HELPS Program, this title may be filled via a non-competitive appointment, meaning no examination is required but all candidates must meet the minimum qualifications of the title. At a future date, it is expected employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded all the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in an NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.