BANK ACCOUNT AND DISBURSEMENT AUDITOR

City of New York • New York, NY

4d • $65,091 - $74,855 • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Social Services (DSS), comprising the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS), provides essential benefits and works to address homelessness. The Office of Fiscal Operations/Bureau of Reconciliation and Control (BORAC) records and maintains financial transactions affecting DSS/HRA/DHS.

The Bank Accounts and Disbursement Auditor will function as a Management Auditor I within BORAC. The role performs high-level audits, prepares and reviews voucher requests, maintains records, and reconciles funds disbursed or deposited into DSS/HRA/DHS bank accounts for the Cash Assistance program, which has an annual budget of approximately $1.35 billion. These tasks support the agency’s compliance with the Office of the Comptroller’s annual audit.

The position is located at 4 WTC/150 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10007, with a 9 a.m.–5 p.m. schedule. Individuals hired provisionally must take and pass the Civil Service Exam when it becomes available to be eligible for continued employment.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in auditing, accounting, finance, economics, statistics, law, quantitative or qualitative research methodology, mathematics, data science, management, public or business administration, computer science/information technology, or a related field.
• In addition to the education requirement, one of the following: one year of full-time satisfactory experience in performance auditing under Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), financial auditing, internal auditing, and/or information technology auditing; a valid New York State Certified Public Accountant license; or a valid Certified Internal Auditor certificate from the Institute of Internal Auditors.
• For placement in Assignment Level II, at least one year of experience as a Management Auditor—Assignment I, or at least two years of experience in GAGAS performance auditing, internal auditing, financial auditing, and/or information technology auditing.
• Provisional hires must take and pass the Civil Service Exam when it becomes available to be eligible for continued employment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the agency’s public assistance bank accounts and use databases to analyze issuances and disbursements by account.
• Reconcile accounts based on check cancellations, forgeries, stale-check reinstatements, and manual check requests.
• Post monthly issuances, disbursements, and cancellations to manual and automated ledgers, maintaining timely account-balance records used to prepare audits, account reconciliations, cash-balance reports, and aged-outstanding reports; obtain necessary certifications.
• Review cost allocations in detail to ensure expenditures align with payment records and are charged to the proper budget structures.
• Liaise with banking institutions and relevant DSS, city, state, and local agency offices.

What This Job Offers

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