SNT MONITORING REVIEWER

New York City, NY • Manhattan, NY

130d

About The Position

The Accountability Office is responsible for supporting the integrity of social services programs administered by the City Department of Social Services (DSS) and ensuring that DSS complies with all statutory, regulatory, and contractual standards. Within the Accountability Office, is a program called Revenue. The Supplemental Needs Trust (SNT) Program is responsible for monitoring Supplemental Needs Trusts to ensure expenditures are made for the beneficiary (or disabled person), to prevent the mismanagement or misuse of trust funds, and to recover Medicaid funds as provided by the terms of the contracts. SNT is recruiting for (1) one Management Auditor I to function as a Supplemental Needs Trust Monitoring Reviewer.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting, auditing, and cost accounting.
• One year of full-time satisfactory experience in management auditing, financial auditing, and/or information technology (IT) auditing; or a valid Certified Public Accountant license; or a valid Certified Internal Auditor certificate.
• A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to the above.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in financial or managerial accounting may be substituted for the one year of experience described.
• Undergraduate or graduate credits in management, computer science, public administration, and/or business administration may be substituted for up to 9 semester credits in accounting.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze, utilizing generally accepted accounting principles, annual accounting reports submitted by court-appointed private and corporate trustees.
• Ensure compliance with all terms of the court order establishing the Supplemental Needs Trust.
• Determine status of all expenditures from trust assets. If questionable, requests additional documentation from trustees before final determination is made.
• Draft reports containing recommendations based on audit findings.
• Maintain and track all additional documentation that has been requested from trustees.
• Keep records and controls on all submitted documentation.
• Prepare and submit detailed special reports with comments and recommendations, on specified trusts as needed and/or requested by Supervisor.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Benefits

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility.
• Potential for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees