CDBG-Disaster Recovery Internal Auditor

County Of Maui•Maui County (various), HI

About The Position

This non-civil service, limited-term position serves as a staff specialist to the Office of the Mayor. The Internal Auditor develops and implements plans, policies, and procedures to monitor and evaluate compliance with federal regulations, policies, guidelines, and participatory requirements for the Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program and other federal programs. The role conducts complex audits of grant management and implementation processes, with a focus on compliance, accurate use of funds, reporting, and program integrity. The position works with the Mayor, department heads, program managers, contractors, County employees, and other stakeholders to establish program goals, review requirements, resolve audit issues, and improve grant administration. It provides technical guidance and recommendations, supports training and internal-control improvements, and may supervise lower-level specialists. The role also helps ensure audit readiness and the prevention, detection, and resolution of fraud, waste, abuse, conflicts of interest, questioned costs, and other compliance risks. Appointment may be made at any rate within the monthly salary range of $6,221 to $8,855, depending on the rate at which qualified applicants can be recruited. Applicants must submit a detailed work history with the application; a resume alone is not sufficient. A valid motor vehicle driver's license equivalent to a State of Hawaii Type 3 is required. The position has a light physical-effort grouping, and applicants must meet applicable health and physical condition standards, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

Education and experience substantially equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in accounting, public or business administration, or a related field.
Three years of professional, administrative, or analytical experience that includes applying for, monitoring, evaluating, auditing, and/or administering federal grants.
Possession of a valid motor vehicle driver's license equivalent to a State of Hawaii Type 3.
Knowledge of grant management and auditing principles, practices, procedures, and techniques; management and public administration; grant reporting preparation and analysis; records management; report writing; and standard office equipment and personal computers.
Ability to understand, interpret, and apply federal and state laws.
Ability to evaluate grant-administration practices, policies, and procedures; conduct complex independent audits; identify potential grant-management problems; and recommend corrective actions.
Ability to interpret laws, ordinances, and regulations and advise others on grant-management requirements.
Ability to prepare clear, concise, and effective oral and written reports.
Ability to establish and maintain effective, cooperative working relationships.
Ability to operate computers and applicable software applications.
Must meet the health and physical condition standards necessary to perform essential position functions, with or without reasonable accommodations.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement plans, policies, and procedures for monitoring and evaluating compliance with requirements for the CDBG-DR program and other federal programs.
Plan, schedule, and conduct internal and onsite audits to verify accurate implementation, compliance, use of funds, and grant reporting.
Communicate concerns, deficiencies, findings, internal control weaknesses, questioned costs, suspected fraud, waste, abuse, conflicts of interest, and noncompliance to appropriate management under established reporting protocols.
Coordinate monthly meetings with the CDBG Programs Officer and Program Managers to review compliance, monitoring, and corrective-action matters.
Conduct follow-up audits to assess corrective-action implementation and help departments resolve issues.
Prepare timely audit summaries, compliance reviews, monitoring reports, risk assessments, corrective-action recommendations, and supporting documentation for oversight and audit readiness.
Develop, recommend, and implement changes to improve the accuracy and efficiency of grant administration and management.
Conduct studies and gather data for program evaluation and for short- and long-term compliance planning.
Conduct special studies and projects as requested.
Prepare implementation plans and meet with contractors and County employees to review requirements and establish standard operating procedures.
Meet with the Mayor and/or department heads to establish goals and objectives for administering the CDBG-DR program and other federal programs.
Provide technical guidance, policy interpretations, technical assistance, and recommendations to the Mayor, department heads, assigned staff, public and private agencies, and the general public.
May supervise lower-level specialists.
Keep informed about changes to federal, state, and County rules and regulations relevant to CDBG-DR requirements.
Attend meetings related to grant administration and management.
Support the detection, prevention, identification, documentation, escalation, and resolution of fraud, waste, abuse, questioned costs, control weaknesses, noncompliance, conflicts of interest, and other program-integrity risks.
Support the development, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of policies, procedures, internal-control frameworks, conflict-of-interest safeguards, monitoring methods, and compliance practices.
Identify and support training needs related to fraud, waste, and abuse prevention, financial management, procurement, conflicts of interest, monitoring, recordkeeping, internal controls, and other CDBG-DR requirements.
Assess segregation of duties, oversight structures, quality assurance, reporting protocols, risk mitigation, ethics safeguards, and compliance controls throughout the grant lifecycle.
Perform other related duties as assigned.