AUDITOR I

Location: Little Rock, AR 72202

Anticipated starting salary: $58,700.10

About the role

The Auditor I position will examine and analyze accounting records, conduct compliance audits pertaining to liability, non-compliance UI reporting issues, and misclassified worker issues, and assist in training other auditors. This position will collect on delinquent reporting and assist in the department achieving Department of Labor and Internal Audit goals. This position is governed by state and federal laws and agency/institution policy. The role requires a high level of accountability in delivering expected audit quotas and actively working with employers to ensure current status reporting, ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations and agency policies. Success in this position depends on strong communication skills to effectively engage with employers and TPAs, and a focus on efficiency in completing audits timely and accurately. This position requires on-site employment with no remote or hybrid options available.

Responsibilities

• Gathers information, analyzes, and reviews Arkansas tax laws to prepare for audit, and schedules tax audits; then prepares audits based on findings.
• Examines and analyzes various financial records to determine if a tax liability, no-tax due, or refund situation exists.
• Presents audit results to taxpayers to explain audit findings, answer questions regarding taxpayers' legal responsibilities, and right to appeal.
• Conducts compliance and/or financial audits to verify accuracy of internal fiscal and administrative controls.
• Discovers misclassified workers yearly.
• Audits a minimum of $74 million in total wages.
• Secures agency status reports to open and close employer accounts, and delinquent quarterly wage reports with payment.
• Completes adjustment forms to correct employer's account information.
• Works assignments on employers who are misclassifying workers as independent contractors.
• Attends agency liability hearings involving assignments where the employer is appealing a determination.
• Works and trains new field tax representatives on how to perform job duties.
• Communicates with agency Central Office staff concerning processing errors or problems with employer accounts.
• Reviews and verifies case information for accuracy in following regulations, laws, policies, and procedures.
• Occasional travel.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to present findings and recommendations clearly.
• High level of integrity, attention to detail, and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team to meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build collaborative relationships with a variety of personnel.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and agency needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in interpreting unemployment insurance law code and regulation, adjudication, and/or auditing, including fact-finding techniques.
• Organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, specifically Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of Unemployment Insurance law code and regulations.
• Knowledge of research and analysis techniques and methods for adjudication and investigations.
• Knowledge of UI software applications and how they function to meet the needs of the UI program.
• Ability to prepare, present, and review written information and reports.
• Ability to interpret manuals, rules, and regulations.
• Ability to research and analyze related work program information.
• Ability to develop, recommend, interpret, and apply policies and procedures.
• Ability to analyze financial records and prepare reports.

Pay

Salary range: $58,700 – $86,876