Revenue Auditor 4 (Multiple Positions)

Duties

• Determine regulatory compliance through examination of business activities and accounting systems.
• Lead and support a team through the overall audit process.
• Prepare audit reports and provide findings to customers.
• Monitor for any changes in tax laws and rules, administrative rulings, and recent court decisions.
• Develop industry specific education and/or training to improve consistency and encourage state tax law compliance.
• Investigate for fraudulent and evasive practices.

Qualifications

• Progressive experience leading highly complex, large-scale audits shown through:
• Leading large, multi-entity, multi-jurisdictional or multinational audits involving complex financial structures, emerging business models, serving as auditor-in-charge and establishing engagement scope, milestones, and documentation standards with minimal oversight.
• Managing a portfolio of audits; coordinating with taxpayer representatives, monitoring progress, and adapting plans in a dynamic environment to ensure timely and accurate results.
• Exercising independent judgment on precedent-setting or sensitive issues; identifying policy implications, resolving ambiguities and determining when interpretation or escalation is required.
• Results: Delivering authoritative, defensible conclusions in environments requiring expert-level analysis and collaboration with interested parties.
• Demonstrated expert knowledge of accounting principles, systems and analytical tools to include:
• Applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to evaluate complex accounting environments, multi-company considerations, intercompany transactions, and specialized revenue/expense recognition methods.
• Evaluating and validating customized, or high-volume ERP/POS/ecommerce systems, tracing data flows, identifying systems-based integrity risks and designing appropriate audit responses.
• Using advanced Excel analytics tools (complex formulas/functions, pivot tables, joins/lookups, data validation), or custom queries to evaluate large or complex datasets; designing and executing advanced sampling plans requiring expert judgment and defensible methodology.
• Designing and executing statistical and nonstatistical sampling; collaborating with taxpayer IS staff and audit specialists to support defensible conclusions.
• Proven ability to research and apply tax law demonstrated by:
• Researching, interpreting, and applying Washington statutes (RCW), administrative code (WAC), department policy (e.g., ETAs/Special Notices), and relevant court decisions to determine correct tax liabilities under the Revenue Act.
• Establishing physical and economic nexus by analyzing business activities, documentation, and interviews; documenting rationale clearly in workpapers and reports.
• Identifying issues with broader policy, interpretive, or litigation implications and providing expert-level analysis to support the department’s position.
• Demonstrated expertise in assessing risk and internal controls, including:
• Evaluating systems, procedures, and internal controls to identify irregularities, control gaps, and areas of exposure that require specialized sampling or advanced audit techniques.
• Reconciling source documents (e.g., bank statements, sales and purchase records, inventory) and synthesizing complex data into clear, accurate audit issues and manageable components for resolution.
• Developing risk-based audit strategies for complex, emerging, or high-impact industries.
• Expert-level communication skills (written and verbal) shown through:
• Producing clear, comprehensive, and technically detailed audit reports, including complex analysis, legal interpretations, supporting schedules and future reporting instructions; ensuring accuracy, completeness, and accessibility for diverse audiences.
• Presenting and explaining highly technical or sensitive findings to taxpayers and representatives; adjusting tone, structure and detail to build understanding and agreement in complex or contentious situations.
• Preparing precise written guidance, review responses and expert analysis used in supervisor conferences and/or petitions for review.
• Recognizing when language requires adjustment to achieve understanding and demonstrating tact and skill in reframing or modifying the communication approach.
• Demonstrated expertise in planning, organization, and managing complex audit work, including:
• Coordinating and leading large audits, setting priorities, managing logistics and adapting approaches to meet quality and timeline expectations independently.
• Performing complex work while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality and adherence to safety and professional standards across varied taxpayer locations.
• Anticipating constraints, monitoring progress and adjusting strategies to maintain momentum and deliver results.
• Progressive experience providing mentoring and technical leadership shown through:
• Offering coaching, review, and mentoring to auditors; delivering actionable, expert-level feedback on workpapers, accounting systems, sampling, and methodology.
• Working cooperatively with others and contributing to group solutions through constructive feedback, ideas, and suggestions. Facilitating the open exchange of ideas and information in a respectful and inclusive way.
• Serving as a technical resource on complex law and rule applications, supporting team audits and supporting Field Audit Managers in supervisor conferences.
• Serving as a technical resource on complex law and rule applications, supporting team audits and supporting Field Audit Managers in supervisor conferences.
• Serving as a technical resource on complex law and rule applications, supporting team audits and supporting Field Audit Managers in supervisor conferences.
• Demonstrated expert skill in interviews, tax discovery, and investigative analysis, shown by:
• Planning, conducting, and documenting interviews that uncover critical facts, verify systems and processes, and establish reliable findings in complex or contentious audits.
• Evaluating the credibility, sufficiency, and risk implications of information collected, identifying inconsistencies or red flags requiring additional inquiry.
• Conducting advanced tax discovery, including identifying unregistered or high-risk business activity, confirming nexus, and supporting tax compliance.
• Demonstrated expertise in technology, tools and audit readiness, including:
• Utilizing advanced features of auditing software, analytical tools, databases, spreadsheets, and investigation systems to conduct sustained, detailed analysis of complex data.
• Assessing system design and technology environments to determine audit strategies.
• Maintaining readiness to work in varied environments; handling audit materials, equipment, and extended computer-based work across frequent travel requirements.

Equity Competencies

• The ability to take action to learn and grow: Curious about themselves and others, take responsibility for knowing their own strengths and weaknesses, and use their learning to make government programs and processes more efficient and effective to serve all in Washington.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others: Flexible, adaptable, customer-service focused, and willing and able to empathetically respond to the unique needs of the people they work with and serve.
• Uses an equity & inclusive approach: Actively seeks to understand and appreciate the diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of colleagues, customers, and communities. Encourages an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued and respected. Uses an equity lens that applies an objective perspective to daily work by considering impacts on the people we serve, particularly marginalized groups by actively identifying and removing inequitable barriers.