Director of Internal Audit Review Unit

City of New York • Queens, NY

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the City’s evolving criminal justice system, participating in reform initiatives and strategies aimed to move the City towards a smaller jail system without compromising public safety. The DOC is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for our employees, visitors, volunteers, and people in our custody. Importantly, safe jails enable DOC to provide people in custody with the tools and opportunities they need to successfully re-enter their communities. The DOC operates facilities and court commands across the five boroughs with more than 7,500 diverse professionals and knowledgeable experts. The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) provides for the care, custody, and control of persons accused of crimes or convicted and sentenced to one year or less of jail time. The DOC seeks to recruit a highly skilled, experienced professional to serve as the agency’s Director of Internal Audit Review unit in the Division of Quality Assurance and Compliance (QAC). The director will lead this portfolio with the objective of cutting waste, streamlining processes, strengthening internal controls, and more.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and four years of satisfactory fulltime experience in the field of investigations, auditing, law enforcement, criminal justice, or in a major operational area of the agency in which the appointment is to be made, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity or supervising a staff performing investigations or related work
• Education and/or experience equivalent to the above
• All candidates must have the 18 months of experience in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity as described above.

Responsibilities

• Managing and mentoring a team of Internal Auditors conducting proactive and complex or sensitive audits.
• Directing and administering the auditing agency activities, initiatives and projects.
• Travel to Riker’s Island, borough commands, and off-site locations to facilitate audits.
• Engage with staff at all levels and persons in our care.
• Conduct full reviews of memos, letters, reports.
• Conducting inter-agency collaboration with stakeholders not limited to an auditing, accounting, or financial function, including execution of auditing or accounting programs and projects involving normal auditing or accounting principles, practices and related problems for the purpose of promoting the efficiency and effectiveness of operations.
• Managing several teams of auditors conducting complex financial, operational, or management audits, including reviews of Electronic Data Processing (EDP) systems.
• Planning and overseeing the development of audit programs and surveys.
• Present complete recommendations and decision memos to senior leadership at the conclusion of the audit.
• Track and evaluate outcomes of recommendations.
• Conducting or participating in entrance and/or exit conferences and other audit-related meetings with agency managers to facilitate the audit.
• Setting goals and schedules for completion of audit assignments.
• Directing subordinates in the established rules and procedures for the conduct of audits.
• Examining findings and providing general assistance to the auditors.
• Reviewing and editing audit reports and recommendations based on audit findings.
• Review agency policies and directives and recommend amendments to strengthen internal controls.
• Oversee the preparation of the periodic audit plans.
• Taking into account risks, constraints, resources, management priorities, and other concerns.
• Testifying in court or before legislative bodies regarding audit findings.
• Performing comparable management assignments under general direction.

Benefits

• health insurance for the employee and his/her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26
• union benefits such as dental and vision coverage
• paid annual leave and sick leave
• paid holidays
• a pension
• optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.

What This Job Offers

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