City Services Auditor II (1684) - Citywide Examination

City and County of San Francisco•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

Under general supervision, incumbents in this position plan, organize, and conduct various types of audits for the City and County of San Francisco. Our award-winning City Services Auditors work with governmental agencies, vendors, contractors, and other parties that do business with the City. In a fast-paced and team-oriented environment, our auditors engage in performance, financial, forensic, compliance, investigative, and information technology audits, program evaluations, and other analytical activities to ensure efficient, effective, and accountable government and to support informed policy decisions. This position may lead portions of an audit or investigation and provide on-the-job training and evaluation feedback. Essential duties for this job include, but are not limited to: PERFORMING AUDITS & INVESTIGATIONS Audits and investigates a variety of programs, functions, processes, and activities within city departments and contracts to evaluate efficiency, effectiveness, economy, and compliance elements. Identifies and evaluates internal controls. Conducts fieldwork testing, including collecting, analyzing, and documenting evidence as it relates to the scope and objectives. Performs data analysis and reliability testing on data sets in conformance with industry standards. Develops findings and recommendations that are fully supported by analysis. Conducts audit follow-up activities. Performs all assignments in accordance with the office policies and/or Government Auditing Standards, as appropriate. PLANNING AUDITS & INVESTIGATIONS Scopes audits and investigations, including researching legal mandates and other background information, determining needs of key stakeholders, and identifying potential sources of evidence. Performs risk assessments to determine scope and objectives for different projects of all levels of complexity. Develops audit scope and objectives with limited or no prior audit information, and prepares detailed audit programs to conduct testing, detailed budgets, and milestones. COMMUNICATION, PRESENTATION, & WRITING Interviews management and staff to obtain key information as it relates to the audit objectives and investigations. Plans, organizes, and conducts audit entrance and exit conferences and periodic meetings with department management to inform them of progress and results. Prepares presentations and may present results to a variety of audiences including department management and public hearings. Prepares written reports that effectively and concisely communicate results. Critically reads reports and provides feedback on persuasiveness, clarity, consistency, style, and grammar. PROJECT MANAGEMENT, TEAMWORK & LEADERSHIP Maintains close contact with the audit manager and/or director regarding project progress and problems. Reviews team members' work for completeness, technical accuracy, organization, content, tone, grammatical accuracy, and compliance with audit standards. Provides on-the-job training and evaluation feedback to team members and Auditor I’s. Actively contributes to team effort and takes a lead role in planning, conducting, and completing large, complex audits, or portions thereof. Performs other duties as needed, including: providing input into the annual audit work plan to identify audit risks and priorities; maintaining the appropriate level of confidentiality and sensitivity; recommending and/or developing operational changes for the City Services Auditor division; maintaining professional proficiency through continuing professional education and participation in professional associations; may receive, enter and investigate complaints for the whistleblower program; may construct records and data that may have been destroyed or falsified; may participate in the IT risk assessment and development of the IT audit plan program for the division and lead and execute IT audits, including testing internal IT controls, for a variety of departments and agencies; may develop scope work for an monitor audit and assessment contracts; and performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

Possession of a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university in business or public administration, accounting, finance, statistics, the social sciences, English, or a related field.
Two (2) years of verifiable professional auditing experience or related analytical experience; functional understanding of local government operations; knowledge of government auditing standards and auditing principles and practices.

Responsibilities

Audits and investigates a variety of programs, functions, processes, and activities within city departments and contracts to evaluate efficiency, effectiveness, economy, and compliance elements.
Identifies and evaluates internal controls.
Conducts fieldwork testing, including collecting, analyzing, and documenting evidence as it relates to the scope and objectives.
Performs data analysis and reliability testing on data sets in conformance with industry standards.
Develops findings and recommendations that are fully supported by analysis.
Conducts audit follow-up activities.
Performs all assignments in accordance with the office policies and/or Government Auditing Standards, as appropriate.
Scopes audits and investigations, including researching legal mandates and other background information, determining needs of key stakeholders, and identifying potential sources of evidence.
Performs risk assessments to determine scope and objectives for different projects of all levels of complexity.
Develops audit scope and objectives with limited or no prior audit information, and prepares detailed audit programs to conduct testing, detailed budgets, and milestones.
Interviews management and staff to obtain key information as it relates to the audit objectives and investigations.
Plans, organizes, and conducts audit entrance and exit conferences and periodic meetings with department management to inform them of progress and results.
Prepares presentations and may present results to a variety of audiences including department management and public hearings.
Prepares written reports that effectively and concisely communicate results.
Critically reads reports and provides feedback on persuasiveness, clarity, consistency, style, and grammar.
Maintains close contact with the audit manager and/or director regarding project progress and problems.
Reviews team members' work for completeness, technical accuracy, organization, content, tone, grammatical accuracy, and compliance with audit standards.
Provides on-the-job training and evaluation feedback to team members and Auditor I’s.
Actively contributes to team effort and takes a lead role in planning, conducting, and completing large, complex audits, or portions thereof.
providing input into the annual audit work plan to identify audit risks and priorities
maintaining the appropriate level of confidentiality and sensitivity
recommending and/or developing operational changes for the City Services Auditor division
maintaining professional proficiency through continuing professional education and participation in professional associations
may receive, enter and investigate complaints for the whistleblower program
may construct records and data that may have been destroyed or falsified
may participate in the IT risk assessment and development of the IT audit plan program for the division and lead and execute IT audits, including testing internal IT controls, for a variety of departments and agencies
may develop scope work for an monitor audit and assessment contracts
performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned