Internal Audit Manager

About the role

The City of Fort Myers seeks an experienced Internal Auditor to join our team. Reporting to the City Manager, this role is responsible for ensuring the financial, administrative, and operational integrity of City government operations.

Responsibilities

• Prepares, administers, maintains, and updates an Internal Audit Program to ensure the financial, administrative, and operational integrity of City government operations and to limit the City's financial, legal, operational, and political risk.
• Performs internal audits of City departments, including operational, information technology, compliance, financial, and investigatory components, as necessary.
• Develops an audit schedule, including City Departments, financial functions, and compliance with various legally binding third-party requirements; develops audit procedures based on the scope of each individual audit and manages audit resources to meet audit schedule, making adjustments as required.
• Documents pertinent audit testing and results, identifies and defines areas of risk, develops testing criteria, reviews and analyzes evidence, and documents processes and procedures.
• Prepares written reports expressing opinion on the adequacy, effectiveness, and efficiency of the system or function under review and presents findings to affected managers.
• Identifies key control points and weaknesses in the system or function being audited. Develops recommendations for correcting unsatisfactory conditions, improving operations, and reducing cost.
• Follows up on audit recommendations to assure implementation of promised corrective action.
• Participates in the development, implementation, and maintenance of policies, objectives, short and long-range planning.

Requirements

• Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, or a related field and three (3) years of experience; OR the equivalent in education, training, and experience, which would provide the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Preferred Qualifications: Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) certification is preferred or have the ability to obtain certification within three (3) years of employment.
• Experience in the field of auditing and/or government finance is preferred.
• Experience in municipal government is preferred.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• This work typically requires the following physical activities to be performed:
• Balancing – maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
• Climbing – ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
• Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing – for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
• Talking – express ideas by spoken word.
• Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
• Feeling – perceive attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Fingering – pick, pinch, type, work with fingers rather than hand.
• Grasping – apply pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling – pick, hold, or work with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 – perceive sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling – bend legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
• Lifting – raise objects from lower to higher position, move objects side to side, use upper extremities, back.
• Visual Acuity 1 – prepare, analyze data, transcribe, computer terminal, extensive reading.
• Visual Acuity 2 – color, depth perception, field of vision.
• Visual Acuity 3 – determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
• Walking – on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

Pay

Salary range for this position is commensurate with experience. Free city-paid employee health coverage, additional for spouse or family. 3 weeks Paid Time Off (sick & vacation), 13 paid holidays, Pension plan & optional Deferred Compensation, City-paid life insurance, Optional Vision, Dental, and Disability Insurance, Tuition reimbursement, On-site Gym facility, and much more!

Schedule

Continuous