Internal Auditor III

State of North Carolina•Wilson, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for developing and maintaining Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf internal audit function by performing individual engagements, ensuring internal audits and advisory services add value and align with the strategies, objectives, and risks of the agency and responsible for ensuring conform with the Global Internal Auditing Standards, and the NC Internal Audit Act.

Requirements

Considerable knowledge of accounting, risk management, internal controls, laws and regulations applicable to area of assignment.
Ability to interpret and conform with appropriate internal and/or government auditing standards, principles, procedures and techniques.
Ability to develop procedures for audit and investigative engagements.
Ability to prepare complete work summaries and reports and express oneself in oral and written form in a clear and concise manner.
Ability to efficiently plan, organize, execute engagements, and defend observations and supporting work.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a discipline related to a program area within the agency, and two years of audit experience; OR Bachelor’s degree in any field and certification/licensure as a certified internal auditor, certified fraud examiner, certified information system auditor; certified public accountant with an audit focus; or other audit certification/license and two years of audit experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

Develop, administer, monitor, and coordinate the internal audit functions of the agency in a manner consistent with agency objectives and policies, the North Carolina Internal Audit Act, the North Carolina Internal Audit Manual, and the Global Internal Audit Standards published by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).
Complete the annual risk assessment to establish a risk-based audit plan that conforms to the Global Standards.
Develop a comprehensive internal audit plan for the agency based on the risk assessment to include work to be performed, assignments, audit objectives, type of audit, priority of audits, and timelines for completion for each task.
Submit the annual internal audit work plan to the Secretary for review and approval.
Execute the Annual Audit Plan, which may cover: effectiveness and efficiency of operations; accuracy and reliability of financial and operational information; compliance with laws and regulations; safeguarding assets; assessing controls; and other areas identified in the risk assessment.
Elicit information from knowledgeable internal/external sources about areas and functions to determine appropriate audit direction/methodology.
Determine the audit focus, strategies, scope, timing, and procedures to develop an audit test plan.
Develop the final communication for each engagement on the audit plan, which will include management responses for corrective actions.
Conduct follow-up for each engagement to ensure corrective action has been addressed.
Serve as a consultant and business partner with management.
Provide value-added services by advising on new/modifying current information systems, processes, policies, procedures, or programs.
Provide training and education related to recommended changes.
Facilitate improvements that impact the agency’s governance, risk management, and/or control processes.
Serve as liaison with oversight agencies and law enforcement.
Develop a quality assurance improvement program that embeds quality within the activities of internal audit.
Perform annual self-assessments to gauge conformance with the Standards.
Obtain an external peer review every five years.
Measure key performance indicators annually.
Report the outcome of these activities to the Head of the Organization.
Perform other duties as assigned, including but not limited to: Conforming with all the Council of Internal Auditing submission requirements.
Consider ad-hoc reviews as requested by Organization management.