Auditing Manager for the Mineral Audit Division 2026-02685

State of Wyoming•Cheyenne, WY

About The Position

The Auditing Manager for the Mineral Audit Division manages, supervises, and provides technical guidance to professional mineral auditors to ensure that the mineral industry complies with state and federal statutes, rules, and regulations. The position directly supervises 6–8 professional audit staff, coordinates and delegates their work, reviews work in progress, conducts managerial reviews, and approves audit findings and reports. The manager monitors the Division budget and advises upper management of its status, prepares risk assessments, cost proposals, budgets, work plans, strategic plans, and annual reports, and may serve as Acting Administrator when delegated. The role also includes conducting staff performance evaluations, training employees, ensuring mineral valuation principles used in audits comply with Wyoming statutes and federal regulations, and testifying about and defending audit programs, approaches, and valuation methodology in administrative and court proceedings.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, typically in Finance, and 2–4 years of progressive auditing work experience with knowledge at the level of a Supervising Auditor; alternatively, 5–7 years of progressive auditing work experience with knowledge at the level of a Supervising Auditor.
Extensive and specialized knowledge of the oil, natural gas, coalbed methane, coal, sodium, bentonite, oil shale, and uranium mineral industries.
Extensive knowledge of the geology of audited minerals and the equipment and steps involved in their production and processing.
Extensive knowledge of state and federal regulations, statutes, BOE, and court rulings related to the minerals audited.
Ability to meet with, communicate professionally, and negotiate with ONRR, DOR, AGs, SBOE, counties, auditee management and staff, and opposing legal counsel.
Extensive and specialized knowledge of mineral-industry functions and the revenue accounting functions of audited companies.
Excellent analytical skills.
Complete 80 hours of Continuing Professional Education credits every two years to comply with GAGAS and the State of Wyoming’s cooperative agreement with the United States Department of the Interior.
Ability to travel and lift and carry work bags, computers, luggage, and similar items.
Complete a federal background check.

Nice To Haves

Degree in accounting, economics, statistics, finance, business, or a closely related field.
A combination of a bachelor’s degree and at least four years of professional work experience in accounting, economics, statistics, finance, business, or a closely related field.

Responsibilities

Direct, instruct, and provide technical guidance to professional audit staff.
Directly supervise 6–8 professional audit staff.
Coordinate and delegate audit staff functions and inspect audit work in progress.
Perform managerial reviews and approve the issuance of audit findings and reports.
Monitor the Division budget to maintain fiscal compliance and advise upper management of budget status.
Prepare risk assessments, cost proposals, budgets, work plans, strategic plans, annual reports, and related items.
Serve as Acting Administrator when delegated in the Administrator’s absence.
Conduct performance evaluations of professional staff in accordance with State guidelines.
Train current and new employees through classroom and/or on-the-job training.
Ensure valuation principles used in audits comply with Wyoming statutes and federal regulations.
Testify about and defend audit programs, approaches, and valuation methodology at SBOE and federal or state court proceedings.