Internal Auditor Lead

State of Maryland • Baltimore City, MD

8h • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion. In order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety, we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release. As a member of the DPSCS team, you can have a fulfilling career, while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e. vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in accounting from an accredited college or university or a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with 30 credit hours in accounting and related courses, including or supplemented by 3 credit hours in auditing.
• Four years of experience conducting financial and operational internal audits that include elements for finance and compliance, economy and efficiency, and program results.
• A working knowledge of SQL is essential.
• Access database is used to perform the audits.

Nice To Haves

• Two (2) or more years of experience preparing summary reports on the results of audits.
• Two (2) years of experience reviewing the work of junior-level auditors.

Responsibilities

• Conducts finance, compliance, economy, and efficiency, KPI performance, and program audits of DPSCS incarcerated individuals' medical, mental health, pharmacy, and dental contracts.
• The majority of these audits use data analytics to validate contract performance.
• Reviews the work of junior-level auditors within the unit and provides supervision in the absence of the supervisor.
• Schedules, assigns, and reviews the work of junior level internal auditors who conduct financial compliance, economy, and efficiency, KPI performance and program audits.
• Provides advice, guidance, and direction to junior level internal auditors concerning unusual findings.
• Assists the medical internal audit unit (MIAU) supervisor in the training and development of junior auditors in areas of fiscal compliance and generally accepted government auditing standards (Yellow Book).
• Assists the internal auditor supervisor to plan the audit programs by determining the areas to be audited, the objectives, and the scope of the audits.
• Determines the major financial-related areas of operations based on assessments of significance and risk.
• Develops audit verification tests, identify material exceptions to generally accepted accounting principles material noncompliance with vendor contracts, applicable laws, regulations, and procedures.
• Performs lead reviews of incarcerated individuals medical, mental health, dental, and pharmacy contracts.
• Conducts investigations of accounting procedures in order to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls and recommends improvements to correct deficiencies in time to meet required deadlines.
• Completes the verification of the findings cited in the Office of Legislative Audits reports, and determines the effectiveness of corrective actions taken by the management of DPSCS.
• Uses data analytics (Access and Excel) to validate key performance indicators associated with outsourced services as a method to plan, prepare, and finalize working papers to document audit findings as required or as indicated in the formal audit program.
• Prepare audit reports to include audit findings and recommendations to determine contract performance.

Benefits

• health insurance
• dental
• vision plans
• six (6) personnel days annually (prorated based on start date)
• ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year
• fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year
• up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child
• at least twelve (12) holidays per year
• State pension

What This Job Offers

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