sao
Audit Quality Control Reviewer
Austin, TX
No sponsorship$70k-$114kDetected 51 days ago
Project ManagementAccountingExcelAuditingHRCommunicationProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingInternal Audit
About the role
- Work involves reviewing financial and performance audits and attestation engagements for completeness; compliance with standards; uniformity in methods; and adherence to statutes, departmental rulings, and legal decisions.
- Works under limited supervision, with moderate latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.
Responsibilities
- Evaluates audit documentation to determine whether it provides sufficient and appropriate evidence to support findings, conclusions, and recommendations; and ensures audit objectives are met.
- Performs analysis of Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), governmental accounting standards, and other relevant standards, subject areas, and control structures.
- Collaborates with project management to address documentation issues and ensures timely resolution.
- Performs related work as assigned.
Requirements
- Willingness to travel up to 25% within Texas required.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of GAGAS, GAAS, governmental accounting standards, and other relevant standards
- Ability to evaluate audit evidence and identify deficiencies
- Experience and Education
- Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in accounting, business administration, finance, economics, public affairs, public administration, information systems, or a related field.
- A minimum of three years of accounting or auditing experience, including two years of reviewing audit documentation for compliance with relevant auditing standards.
- Knowledge of GAGAS, GAAS, governmental accounting standards, and other relevant standards; of business, financial, and non-financial processes and practices; of internal controls; and of applications such as TeamMate, Word, Excel, and Access.
- Skill in critical thinking and problem solving; clear and concise written and verbal communication; and in reviewing and analyzing data, including financial data and accounting transactions.
- We hope you will consider joining us in our mission to actively provide government leaders with useful information that improves accountability.
- To apply and to learn more about our benefits package, visit our web site at SAO Careers and follow the steps for applying.
- The State Auditor's Office is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability in employment or in the provision of services.
- Applicants should communicate requests for disability-related accommodations during the application process to our Human Resources Office.
Compensation
- $69,572 - $114,098
- HIRE DATE: TBD
- OF OPENINGS: Multiple
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability in employment or in the provision of services.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
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