Under general supervision, participates with other auditors in performing financial, contract compliance, grant, and performance/operational audits in accordance with generally accepted and governmental auditing standards. As required, provides support activities for the City's external financial and single audits, special investigations, and advisory services to Council and their staff. This position requires work schedule flexibility as required to perform audits of City operations that are 24 hour/7 days per week. May provide functional supervision over assigned staff.
This position is an "unclassified" position and has no disciplinary appeal rights to the Municipal Civil Service Commission. This position is likewise subject to at-will employment status and can be terminated at any time for any reason.
This advertisement will be used to fill the position at one of the following Auditor levels:
Auditor I ($47,830.38 - $71,745.70 Annually)
Auditor II ($59,000.24 - $87,207.12 Annually)
Auditor III ($64,097.02 - $96,145.66 Annually)
Auditor IV ($85,896.20 - $128,844.30 Annually)
Work Location100 W. Houston St - 14th Floor
Work Schedule7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Monday - Friday
Auditor I - Performs assigned audit program procedures with direction to include developing scope, objective, and methodology; preliminary planning; individual and group interviews; program development; qualitative and quantitative data collection, transference, and reproduction; meeting agenda and results documentation; work paper preparation, indexing and organization; entrance and exit conferences; and report and correspondence preparation assistance.
- Performs assigned audit quality assurance support duties with direction to include work paper review, verification, and cross- reference checking; and report review and data verification.
- Assists in the annual audit planning, budget and risk assessment processes.
- Contributes to annual audit plan risk assessment and planning, and related City budget process review.
Auditor II In addition to previous level functions - Contributes to annual audit plan risk assessment and planning, and related City budget process review.
- Develops audit project summaries, scope, objectives, and methodology with related resource allocation budget and time schedule.
- Participates in or conducts preliminary survey activities for assigned audits; occasionally involves traveling to audit sites and uses a personal cell phone to communicate.
- Develops detailed audit programs from project summaries and the survey data, including dates, resource commitments, and milestone reporting to audit management.
- Performs audit procedures as assigned; identifies and defines issues; develops criteria; collects, reviews, analyzes, and verifies evidence; and prepares working papers to document audit steps performed, conclusions, and results.
- Evaluates basic management controls, identifies control weaknesses, and formulates recommendations to improve the control environment.
- Attends and participates in conferences and meetings about the assigned projects.
- Participates in the review and assessment of other audit team members' behavior and work, and provides feedback and comments to team members.
- Provides limited work direction and guidance to less experienced auditors.
- Performs accounting system surveys of agencies due to receive Federal, State, and/or City funds.
- Researches and analyzes State and Federal laws, regulations, policies, procedures, grant audit guides, and contract provisions pertaining to programs or activities to be audited.
- Analyzes complex documents and reports.
- Performs other related duties and fulfills responsibilities as required.
Audit III In addition to previous level functions- Determines audit objectives and designs audit programs to satisfy these objectives.
- Attends and participates in conferences and meetings about the assigned projects.
- Participates in the review and assessment of other audit team members' work for completeness and appropriateness, and provides review comments to team members.
Auditor IV In addition to previous level functions - Oversees and conducts preliminary survey activities for assigned audits.
- Evaluates complex management controls, identifies control weaknesses, and formulates recommendations to improve the control environment.
- Leads conferences and meetings about the assigned projects; occasionally involves traveling to audit sites and using a personal cell phone for communicating.
- Reviews and assesses other audit team members' behavior and work for completeness and appropriateness, and provides feedback/comments to team members.
- Provides work direction and guidance to less experienced auditors.
Auditor I- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Accounting, or a business field with significant quantitative analysis.
- This position requires a valid Class "C" Texas Driver's License OR valid driver's license from another state with the ability to obtain a valid Texas Driver's License within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident. Use of your own personal vehicle may at times be required and proof of Liability Insurance will be required.
Auditor II- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting or a related business field with significant quantitative and analytical content.
- One (1) year of auditing, accounting, or related analytical business experience.
- Current with audit or accounting Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits.
- Application may require Microsoft Office proficiency testing.
- This position requires a valid Class "C" Texas Driver's License OR valid driver's license from another state with the ability to obtain a valid Texas Driver's License within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident. Use of your own personal vehicle may at times be required and proof of Liability Insurance will be required.
Preferred Qualifications (Auditor I & II)- Experience as a government auditor.
- Audit or accounting certification.
Auditor III- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting or a related business field with significant quantitative and analytical content.
- Two (2) years of auditing, accounting, or related analytical business experience.
- Certification as a CPA, CIA, CFE or CISA.
- This position requires a valid Class "C" Texas Driver's License OR valid driver's license from another state with the ability to obtain a valid Texas Driver's License within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident. Use of your own personal vehicle may at times be required and proof of Liability Insurance will be required.
Auditor IV- Bachelor's degree, from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting or a related business field with significant quantitative and analytical content.
- Five (5) years of auditing, accounting, or related analytical business experience.
- This position requires a valid Class "C" Texas Driver's License OR valid driver's license from another state with the ability to obtain a valid Texas Driver's License within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident. Use of your own personal vehicle may at times be required and proof of Liability Insurance will be required.
- Certification as a CPA, CIA, CFE or CISA.
Preferred Qualifications (Auditor III & IV)- Experience as a government auditor.
- Current with audit or accounting Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits.
- Knowledge of appropriate professional standards, including Governmental Auditing Standards.
- Knowledge of basic elements of controls as defined by Government Auditing Standards including control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring.
- Knowledge of basic investigative techniques and analysis. Knowledge of basic working paper preparation, indexing, and organization.
- Knowledge of the common corporate, governmental, or non-profit policies, operating methods, and procedures; of statutes and departmental regulations affecting audit assignments; of governmental accounting and auditing procedures and techniques; and of legal, business, and accounting terms.
- Knowledge of technical and management report writing procedures and techniques, including appropriate grammar, spelling, and diction.
- Knowledge of computer accounting and financial record keeping and reporting systems.
- Knowledge of pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, regulations and ordinances.
- Knowledge and application of contemporary office management and organization procedures and practices, including data back up, optical imaging, electronic document management and paperless record keeping.
- Skill in utilizing a personal desktop and laptop computers and related equipment, including scanners, printers, zip drives, external back up drives, servers, etc.
- Skill in working with the Microsoft 2000 or XP Corporate Windows and Office Software Suites, and other business applications.
- Ability to perform resource logistics requirements and performance reporting.
- Ability to gather relevant information and document results effectively by identifying the subject, source, purpose, and conclusion.
- Ability to effectively perform assignments within agreed upon budget hours and deadlines.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
- Ability to understand audit data, documents, and reports.
- Ability to cooperate with assistant auditors by sharing information, presenting ideas and concerns, and answering questions.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, City Council Members and their staff, City Management and their staff, vendors and contract service providers, taxpayers, and the public.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of information.
- Ability to work at will, and to work a flexible schedule.
- Ability to perform all the physical with or without accommodations, intellectual, and analytical requirements of the position.
- Working conditions are primarily inside an office environment with occasional outside working conditions.
