Governance, Risk, and Compliance Supervisor - Public Sector/Government

Weaver Careers • Austin, TX

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About The Position

Weaver’s Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) team is seeking an experienced Supervisor to join its growing Public Sector practice. The role serves clients such as local governments, state agencies, regional governmental organizations, public healthcare organizations, and higher education institutions. The Supervisor performs and oversees internal audit, compliance, performance audit, and consulting services, and must quickly learn and adapt to clients’ industries and operating environments.

The position supervises teams across concurrent engagements, providing staff with feedback, direction, and resources throughout each project. Engagements may include entity-wide risk assessments; risk-based internal and compliance audits following Global Internal Audit and GAGAS standards; consulting to improve processes, mitigate risk, and strengthen operational efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance; performance audits assessing metrics, processes, staffing, and organizational structure; and compliance audits addressing contract non-compliance or unallowable costs.

Weaver describes itself as a collaborative, entrepreneurial firm that supports employees’ professional development and balanced lives. The company offers health and retirement benefits, flexible scheduled time off, sick and safe leave, holidays, recharge days, and internal continuing education and learning opportunities. Weaver also emphasizes an inclusive workplace and equal opportunity employment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of client-service experience with organizational experience in internal audit, compliance, performance audit, or consulting.
• Extensive internal audit or consulting experience across a variety of process areas and audit types for government agencies and entities.
• Thorough understanding of governmental business environments, including local and state government, public healthcare, regional government entities, and/or higher education, and their associated compliance and risk requirements.
• Advanced understanding of compliance, internal audit, risk, the COSO internal control framework, IIA Global Audit standards, and GAGAS Yellow Book requirements.
• Ability to conduct government-related research and interpret statutes and regulations for federal, state, and local entities.
• Advanced professional writing skills and executive presence, with the ability to communicate with executive and board-level audiences.
• Strong project management, independent thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Experience developing and training staff in technical and non-technical matters.

Nice To Haves

• CPA, CPA candidate, CIA, CIA candidate, or another relevant certification.
• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Public Policy, Public Administration, or a related field; relevant industry experience may be considered.
• Involvement in professional organizations such as IIA, AHIA, AGA, ALGA, or AICPA.

Responsibilities

• Supervise teams of multiple staff members across concurrent client engagements, providing feedback, direction, and resources throughout projects.
• Perform internal audit, compliance, performance audit, and consulting services for public-sector clients.
• Conduct entity-wide risk assessments to identify critical risks, processes, and areas for in-depth internal audits.
• Conduct risk-based, value-oriented internal and compliance audits in accordance with Global Internal Audit and GAGAS standards.
• Support client process reengineering to mitigate risks and improve operational efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance.
• Conduct performance audits assessing organizational metrics, process efficiencies, staffing, and organizational structure.
• Conduct compliance audits to identify contract non-compliance or unallowable costs.
• Develop and train staff in technical and non-technical matters.
• Research government-related matters and interpret statutes and regulations for federal, state, and local entities.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Flexible scheduled time off (STO).
• At least 56 hours of sick and safe leave.
• 11 holidays and 2 scheduled recharge days.
• In-house CPE and learning opportunities through the internal Learning & Development department.
• Technical, practice development, management and leadership training, and whole-life growth opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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