Auditor Senior

Introduction

Plans and conducts comprehensive financial, compliance, and performance audits of city divisions, departments, programs, activities, or businesses having contracts with the city. This work involves planning audit procedures; evaluating internal controls; collecting, evaluating, and interpreting relevant data and records; performing complex data analyses; conducting interviews; observing operations; assessing alternatives for improvement; and writing clear and convincing reports. The responsibilities are carried out both through collaborating in teams and performing individual assignments.

Responsibilities

• Plans and conducts comprehensive financial, compliance, and performance audits of city divisions, departments, programs, activities, or businesses having contracts with the city.
  • Evaluates internal controls.
  • Collects, evaluates, and interprets relevant data and records.
  • Performs complex data analyses.
  • Conducts interviews.
  • Observes operations.
  • Audits information technology general or application controls.
  • Assesses alternatives for improvement.
  • Writes clear and convincing reports.
• Carried out both through collaborating in teams and performing individual assignments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a job-related field, from an accredited educational institution.
• Four years of full-time professional experience as an auditor conducting internal, financial, and/or performance audits.
• A master's degree in job-related field may substitute for one year of required experience.

Licensing, Certifications and Other Requirements

• Must possess and maintain a valid, unrestricted driver's license with no major citations within the past 36 months prior to the start date.

Essential Functions

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Work Environment/Physical Demands

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Benefits Highlights

• 12 Paid Holidays, which includes 1 Floating Holiday
• Vacation Accrual; starts at 10.3 hours/month
• Sick Leave Accrual; 8 hours/month
• Medical (which includes behavioral health coverage), Dental and Vision Benefits
• City Paid Basic Life Insurance (equal to one times employee annual salary); option of Supplemental Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement; $2,500/year
• Participation in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) Defined benefit plan with mandatory employer and employee contributions currently at 12% which includes a Long-Term Disability benefit
• Supplemental Retirement Plans through Nationwide
• 457 Pet Insurance
• Bilingual pay compensation
• Employer contribution of $10 per pay period to employee's PEHP (Post-Employment Health Plan) account

Selection Process

The application and supplemental questions are an integral part of the selection process and must be completed in full in order for you to be considered as a candidate. Please complete each section and answer all questions as thoroughly as possible. DO NOT state “See Resume” in lieu of answering. Unanswered questions, incomplete responses, omissions, or partial information may result in disqualification from the selection process.

Education

Applicants whose education, training and experience most closely meet the needs of the position may be invited to participate in a selection process that may include a panel interview. Successful candidates will receive a post-offer, pre-employment background screening that may include: Fingerprinting search of the national FBI Database Criminal Background screening Drug Screen Motor Vehicle Record Check

Experience

• Do you have a bachelor's degree in Accounting or a job-related field, from an accredited educational institution?
  • Yes
  • No
• Do you have at least 4 years of full-time professional experience as an auditor conducting internal, financial, and/or performance audits?
  • Yes
  • No
• How many years of experience do you have in public sector auditing? What type of audit work did you do?
  • If you do not have this experience, please put N/A
• What is your experience with Generally Accepted Government Audit Standards (GAGAS)?
  • If you do not have this experience, please put N/A.
• Please describe your experience with data analysis and CAAT.
  • If you do not have this experience, please put N/A.
• Please describe your experience performing internal control assessments.
  • If you do not have this experience, please put N/A.
• Please describe your experience auditing information technology general or application controls.
  • If you do not have this experience, please put N/A.
• Please indicate how you learned about this job opportunity with the City of Scottsdale.
  • City Website
  • Employee Referral
  • Facebook
  • Glassdoor
  • Governmentjobs.com
  • Indeed
  • Instagram
  • Job Fair (In-Person / Virtual)
  • Recruiter
  • Other
• I understand that any communication for this recruitment may come via an email from governmentjobs.com and I will check my email junk/spam folders regularly for possible notifications and/or self-schedule interview invitations.
  • Yes
  • No