Revenue Audit Supervisor

State of Illinois•Fairview Heights, IL

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The Illinois Department of Revenue is hiring a Revenue Audit Supervisor for their Sales and Miscellaneous Tax Field Compliance Division in Fairview Heights, IL. This role involves supervising and reviewing the activities of Revenue Auditors, providing guidance, instruction, and resolution when needed. The position offers steady hours, an exceptional benefits package, and opportunities for career and personal growth. The ideal candidate will have completed two years as a Revenue Auditor III and possess a desire to lead and help others.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree.
Requires successful completion of fifteen semester hours of academically progressive coursework in accounting including at minimum: two introductory accounting courses, two intermediate accounting courses, one course in taxation or audit.
Requires two years professional experience as a Revenue Auditor III.
Requires 4 years of experience working with Sales and Miscellaneous Tax auditing processes and utilizing GenTax for audit purposes.
Requires 2 years of experience in a coach and/or mentor role as a Revenue Auditor III.
Requires the ability to successfully complete a tax compliance and fingerprint-based background check.
Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.
Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
Requires the ability to use and secure a state issued mobile device, e.g., cellular phone, laptop computer, tablet, etc.

Nice To Haves

Four (4) years of experience working with Sales and Miscellaneous Tax auditing processes, i.e., reviewing tax records, conducting tax audits of businesses, interpreting and explaining the proper application of sales and miscellaneous tax laws, rules, regulations, legal opinions, etc.
Four (4) years of experience using GenTax or similar tax processing system for audit purposes.
Two (2) years of experience working as a lead/advanced auditor in a coach/mentor role to lower-level auditors in an organization.

Responsibilities

Plans, assigns, supervises and reviews the activities of a staff of Auditors engaged in performing field audits of Illinois and/or out-of-state taxpayers subject to one or more taxes administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR).
Interprets and explains the proper application of sales and miscellaneous tax laws, rules, regulations and opinions.
Serves as working supervisor.
Performs pre-audit evaluation to establish suitability of case to Auditor skill level, scope and procedures to be employed.
Travels to taxpayer’s place of business, to conduct post-audit conferences with taxpayers, or their representatives, to explain audit findings predicated on applicable tax laws rules, regulations, court decisions and precedents.
Confers by telephone, or, as necessary, travels to taxpayer’s place of business to discuss and resolve technical or controversial tax issues with taxpayers and/or their representatives.
Confers with manager to provide information as to status of ongoing audits, or obtain guidance in resolving controversial or complex legal and/or technical tax problems.
Reviews and approves completed computerized audit reports.
Provides continuous communication and feedback to staff regarding performance, completing timely reviews and annual evaluations which clearly reflect the employee’s accomplishments and contributions, as well as short comings.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.