Associate Auditor - Human Resources - Provisional RB #25-349a

Buffalo Public Schools • Buffalo, NY

12h • Onsite

About The Position

The incumbent to a position in this class performs professional auditing work involving the responsibility for planning, directing and supervising difficult field audits and investigations. Since assignments are usually general in nature, incumbents exercise independent and mature auditing judgment in carrying out established departmental policies. Difficult and unusual problems are referred to a supervisor for recommendations. Supervision is exercised over technical and clerical employees in the division.

Requirements

• Promotional Applicants must have continuous and permanent status in any city department as a Senior Accountant or Senior Auditor for one year
• Master's or Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university including or, supplemented by 24 credit hours in Accounting/Auditing and one year of full-time supervisory, accounting, or auditing experience (must present transcript at time of filing application)
• Master's Degree from an accredited college or university including or supplemented by 24 credit hours in Accounting/Auditing and one year of full time supervisory accounting or auditing experience (must present transcript at time of filing application)
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 24 credit hours in Accounting/Auditing and two years of full-time accounting or auditing experience, one year of which must have been in a supervisory capacity (must present transcript at time of filing application).
• ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE is defined as the art or system of keeping financial records. It is the recording, classifying, verifying and reporting financial data and presenting an analysis or interpretation of its significance. It includes the preparation of financial statements and schedules.
• AUDITING EXPERIENCE is defined as the art of confirming financial statements or documenting the veracity of financial data. It includes a critical review of financial records and documents and an appraisal of fiscal procedures and operations.
• Examples of ACCEPTABLE experience would be a full charge bookkeeper that is responsible for a full set of financial records, including general ledger and all subsidiaries, Junior Accountant/Auditor, and similar positions.
• Examples of UNACCEPTABLE experience are account clerical experience and experience limited to posting, maintaining, examining, or preparing one or more of the following: voucher register, sales register, cashbook, insurance register, accounts-receivable ledger, accounts payable ledger, any other special journal or subsidiary ledger, or experience preparing income tax returns.

Responsibilities

• Plans, assigns and supervises the pre-audit of expenditures in city departments verifies orders as to purposes and account allocations, the legality of purchases and the price thereof conducts field audits of departmental records
• Directs and participates in the verification of payroll calculations, deductions and legality
• Devises new and revises existing accounting records and procedures
• Conducts special field examinations of books and records of private concerns in which the City has an interest by virtue of agreements, lease or contract
• Reviews and maintains a record of any actions by the Common Council or by committees and agencies involving phases or field audit work
• Assists in the pre-audit and field audit of County, State and Federal Grant programs
• Operates personal computer for use of both word processing and financial spreadsheet software, including reviewing financial statements and reports
• Performs related work as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level