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AUDITOR 3 - 08262026-80554

State of Tennessee · Jackson, TN · 2 mo ago
Finance$55k/yrFull-time

About the role

This position is designed as Work from Home (Remote). It involves leading or supervising a small team of professional auditors in performing various types of audits, including financial, compliance, operational, and program audits. The incumbent leads in examining organizational structures, managerial practices, policies, and procedures, and prepares audit reports.

Responsibilities

  • Assigns, trains, leads, and evaluates subordinate professional and sub-professional auditing staff.
  • Conducts financial audits of State departments, agencies, institutions, or schools or private agencies receiving federal funds to verify the completeness and accuracy of financial documentation and ensure conformance with accepted accounting principles and practices.
  • Conducts audits of State departments, agencies, institutions, or schools or private agencies receiving governmental funding to determine statutory compliance.
  • Conducts operational or program audits of state or private agencies to evaluate program efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Leads in examining organizational structure, managerial practices, policies, and procedures and record-keeping procedures.
  • Prepares audit narrative reports, work papers, and other supporting financial documentation to identify legal, financial, and/or administrative problems or discrepancies and recommend methods for improvement.
  • Reviews audit reports submitted by subordinate auditors for completeness, mathematical accuracy, consistency, and conformance to established audit procedures and practices.
  • Establishes and maintains a variety of personal contacts with departmental officials, agency representatives, attorneys, accountants, associates, and supervisory staff in suggesting solutions and resolving problems uncovered in the audit and explaining and interpreting pertinent laws, regulations, policies, and procedures.
  • Conducts training of subordinate auditing staff in proper audit procedures and practices, correct preparation of audit reports, and correct interpretation and application of pertinent laws and regulations.
  • May accompany entry-level auditors on audits and provide technical assistance until job proficiency is achieved.
  • May conduct special studies and investigations at the request of a department head.

Qualifications

  • Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting or a Public Accountant in good standing and experience equivalent to three years of full-time increasingly responsible professional auditing work.
  • OR Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree including thirty-six quarter hours in accounting and experience equivalent to three years of full-time increasingly responsible professional auditing work.
  • OR A Certified Public Accountant with the State of Tennessee and experience equivalent to two years of full-time increasingly responsible professional auditing work.
  • Necessary Special Qualifications: Positions within DHS may be required to complete a criminal history disclosure form, agree to release all records involving their criminal history to the appointing authority, and supply a fingerprint sample prescribed by the TBI based criminal history records clerk.

Skills

  • Communicates Effectively
  • Instills Trust
  • Demonstrates Self-Awareness
  • Decides Quality
  • Plans and Aligns
  • Knowledge of Economics and Accounting
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Administration and Management
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Clerical Skills
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Writing
  • Making Decisions
  • Monitoring
  • Quality Control Analysis
  • Systems Analysis
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Deductive Reasoning
  • Mathematical Reasoning
  • Speech Recognition
  • Written Comprehension
  • Tools & Equipment: Computer, Telephone, Fax Machine, Printer, Copy Machine/Scanner

Pay

$4,562.00 Monthly

Schedule

Full-Time

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