Revenue Auditor

State of Nebraska • Lincoln, NE

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Revenue is seeking a Revenue Auditor to join a team of professionals dedicated to public service. This role involves administering state revenue laws with integrity, efficiency, and consistency, while maintaining a customer-focused perspective. The department offers excellent benefits, a stable work environment, competitive salaries, defined career paths, and training programs. Revenue Auditors gain significant knowledge of taxation and auditing, benefiting from a flexible work schedule that promotes work-life balance. The audits ensure businesses and individuals comply with Nebraska income tax, sales and use tax, tax incentive, and other taxing statutes. This role requires analysis of complex transactions and critical decision-making. Opportunities exist to serve as an auditor in-charge and guide the development of other team members. There are five levels in the Revenue Auditor class series: Revenue Auditor I, Revenue Auditor II, Revenue Auditor III, Revenue Auditor IV, and Revenue Audit Manager, each with a defined development path.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration or accounting or the equivalent; with at least 24 semester hours in accounting or auditing (Revenue Auditor I).
• Bachelor's degree in business administration or accounting or the equivalent; with at least 24 semester hours in accounting or auditing, AND one year experience as an in-charge auditor (Revenue Auditor II).
• Bachelor's degree in business administration or accounting or the equivalent; with at least 24 semester hours in accounting or auditing; licensure as CPA with two years' experience as in-charge auditor OR three years' experience as in-charge auditor (Revenue Auditor III).
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and/or auditing standards, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of financial and statistical audit principles, standards, procedures, theories.
• Knowledge of state and federal rules, regulations, and statutes pertinent to tax compliance.
• Ability to communicate effectively in person, by telephone, and in writing with co-workers, supervisor, client representatives, and taxpayer.
• Ability to be assertive to gather information, explain audit procedures, or testify in hearings and court.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, taxpayers, their representatives, and others involved in the audit process.
• Ability to interpret and apply financial/accounting principles and instructions to analytical situations.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and decisiveness in a variety of settings.
• Ability to coordinate and prioritize assignments with competing deadlines.
• Ability to work with computer spreadsheet and data management applications.
• Ability to navigate computer, on-line, and web-based accounting systems.
• Ability to perform data analysis to audit, deduce, assess, conclude and appraise.
• Ability to use discretion in selecting and applying established criteria to define consequences and develop alternatives.
• Ability to provide guidance and interpretation to others, including the public and co-workers, regarding rule application, policies, procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Ability to interpret instructions to meet variations in assigned objectives.
• Ability to use creativity and decisiveness in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable and verifiable criteria.
• Possession of a valid driver's license or the ability to provide independent authorized transportation in order to perform work related travel and overnight travel may be required.

Nice To Haves

• Direct work experience with Nebraska income tax, sales and use tax, and tax incentives.
• Passed the CPA exam (partial credit for passing part and being able to complete within 18 months).
• Background in mathematics or data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Performs work in a training status to build skills in completing various types of audits (Revenue Auditor I).
• Assigned as an in-charge auditor of level 1 and 2 audits, with determinations/findings reviewed by an Auditor IV or Revenue Audit Manager (Revenue Auditor I).
• Primarily assigned as the in-charge auditor for level 2 and 3 audits (Revenue Auditor II).
• Assigned as an in-charge auditor of the advanced level 4 audits (Revenue Auditor II).
• Functions as the in-charge auditor for the most difficult audits or coordinating a specialized audit function (Revenue Auditor III).
• Acquires and applies significant knowledge of taxation and auditing.
• Ensures businesses and individuals comply with Nebraska income tax, sales and use tax, tax incentive, and other taxing statutes.
• Performs analysis of complex transactions and critical decision making.
• Serves as an auditor in-charge and guides the development of other members of the audit team.

Benefits

• Competitive pay & benefits
• Excellent benefits
• Stable work environment
• Competitive salaries
• Defined career paths
• Training programs
• Educational benefits
• Flexible work schedule
• Comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities

What This Job Offers

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