Auditor 1 & Trainees – Municipal
Overview
Open Positions
Auditor 1 – Municipal (SG-18)
Auditor Trainee 2 – Municipal (SG-16)
Auditor Trainee 1 – Municipal (SG-14)
Qualifications
No exam required under the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide (NY HELPS) Program.
- Trainee 1
- A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24* undergraduate or graduate semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation.
*Note that courses such as business law, economics, statistics, and most finance courses, although taken as part of an accounting curriculum, cannot be counted toward the 24 semester credit hours.
- Trainee 2
Criteria A:
- A bachelor's degree and 24* undergraduate and/or graduate semester credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation.
- One year of qualifying professional accounting and/or auditing experience** gained after meeting the educational qualifications.
—OR—
Criteria B:
- A master's degree or doctoral degree in accounting, business administration, business management, computer science, computer information systems, or related IT field; criminal justice, economics, engineering; finance, mathematics, public administration, public or community health, public policy, political science, or statistics.
*Note that courses such as business law, economics, statistics, and most finance courses, although taken as part of an accounting curriculum, cannot be counted toward the 24 semester credit hours.
**Experience limited to teaching courses, bookkeeping, maintaining payroll records, accounts payable, accounts receivable, or preparing tax returns is not considered professional accounting/auditing experience.
- Auditor 1 / State Program Examiner 1 Fiscal
Criteria A:
- A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 24* undergraduate or graduate credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation.
- Two years of qualifying professional accounting and/or auditing experience** gained after meeting the educational qualifications.
—OR—
Criteria B:
- A master's degree or doctoral degree in accounting, business administration, business management, computer science, computer information systems, or related IT field; criminal justice, economics, engineering; finance, mathematics, public administration, public or community health, public policy, political science, or statistics.
- One year of qualifying professional accounting and/or auditing experience** gained after meeting the educational qualifications.
*Note that courses such as business law, economics, statistics, and most finance courses, although taken as part of an accounting curriculum, cannot be counted toward the 24 semester credit hours.
**Experience limited to teaching courses, bookkeeping, maintaining payroll records, accounts payable, accounts receivable, or preparing tax returns is not considered professional accounting/auditing experience.
Other Ways to Qualify:
- You're currently reachable on the the appropriate eligible list for this title,
- You're eligible under the 55 b/c program,
- For 70.1 transfer to an Auditor 1 (Municipal), SG-18, you must have one year of permanent competitive, or 55-b/55-c service in an approved title for transfer allocated to an SG-16 or above. SG-14 or above for a Trainee 2, SG-12 or above for a Trainee 1, depending on qualifications.
- If approved for transfer appointment, you must also meet the special requirement(s): 24 credit hours in accounting, auditing, or taxation.
- To determine if you're current Civil Service title is eligible for transfer to this title, visit the Career Mobility website. Appointments via transfer must not result in a second, consecutive transfer with an advancement of more than two S-grades or one M-grade.
Duties
Audit Execution
- Conduct audit assignments in accordance with Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) and Division policies and directives including the Comprehensive Audit Manual.
- Participate in entrance and exit conferences with local officials, contribute appropriate and accurate information as necessary and document meeting results adequately.
- Assist in developing audit scope, objectives and appropriate audit tests to sufficiently document municipal unit’s compliance with audit requirements.
- Conduct organized and focused interviews with local government personnel to obtain relevant operational and procedural information.
- Gather, analyze, summarize and sufficiently document information to complete each audit step in the audit program or checklist, applying technical and analytical skills to arrive at appropriate conclusions.
- Convey pertinent information to audit team members and work unit management and contribute suggestions and provide meaningful input during audit team and work unit meetings.
- Prepare written documents that are clear, concise, well organized, adequately summarized and use appropriate tone and grammar.
- Prepare assigned sections of examination/audit reports summarizing audit findings and developing recommendations that meet Division standards for quality and are written concisely and accurately.
- Ensure that audit work papers and examination/audit reports are appropriately cross-referenced to adequate and appropriate information.
Provide Training and Technical Assistance
- Gain knowledge of professional standards, Division policies and guidelines, accounting systems, opinions and laws and provide guidance and technical assistance to local officials when requested.
- Provide training to local officials and/or examiners at conferences, meetings and schools as assigned that presents acceptable and applicable content that is prepared and presented in a professional manner.
Desired Competencies
- Strong work ethic and positive attitude
- Effectively demonstrates a working knowledge of routine cybersecurity and IT-related concepts (e.g., Network user account management)
- Technology audit experience (i.e., Cybersecurity or IT-related audits or audit aspects)
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Possess effective oral and written communication skills, including excellent interpersonal skills with staff and customers, both virtually and in-person
- Performs tasks accurately, within specific time frames and/or under time constraints,
- Capable of working independently and in a team environment
Travel
This position is considered an Office-based position which requires approximately 30% travel. Travel will be required to conduct audits or provide in-person field audit support, attend meetings and training, and provide training or other assistance to field staff and local and school officials, as assigned.
This position is open statewide. As such, our candidate can be assigned to one of our regional offices across the state. (Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Hauppauge, Rochester, Syracuse)
Cover Letter & Resume
Reference Item #150787 -NY HELPS-Auditor 1 Municipal (TBD) on your cover letter for proper routing.
Be sure to submit an unofficial copy of any transcripts you may have with your cover letter and resume as there are educational requirements for this position.