Supervisor Child Welfare Audit

City of New York•New York City, NY

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) protects and promotes the safety and well-being of children and families through child welfare and juvenile justice services and community supports. ACS manages community-based supports and foster care services and provides subsidized childcare vouchers. ACS child protection staff respond to allegations of child maltreatment. In juvenile justice, ACS oversees detention, placement, and programs for youth in the community. The ACS Division of Financial Services (DFS) is responsible for supporting, planning, implementing, and monitoring the fiscal functions of the agency in accordance with City, State and Federal guidelines. The work of DFS includes managing the ACS budget; submission of monthly claims for revenue; processing of payments to provider agencies and vendors; monitoring the financial health of provider agencies through financial review and audits; maintenance of the ACS bank accounts; centralized oversight of ACS Child Welfare financial eligibility; and data maintenance for financial systems of record. The Audit and Risk Management unit within DFS is responsible for the monitoring of the financial health of contracted provider agencies and monitoring and identifying areas of financial risk. This includes preparing year-end reconciliations for each provider, reviewing annual provider financial audits, and monitoring provider agency corrective action plans, annual closeout reconciliations/appeals and oversight of the NYC Public Schools audit of CCBG funded Early Learn contractors, Social Security Benefits Unit (SSBU), Banking, Fiscal Field Review (FFR)/Risk Management units, Child Welfare Contract Audits (CWCA), and all ACS Banking and cash transactions. The Supervisor of CWCA reports directly to the Assistant Director of CWCA. The Supervisor is responsible for supervising a team of Audit Liaisons as well as managing Health and Human Services contracts.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in accounting, including one course each in: advanced accounting, auditing, and cost accounting; and one of the following: (A) one year of full-time satisfactory experience in management auditing, financial auditing, and/or information technology (IT) auditing; or (B) a valid Certified Public Accountant license issued by the New York State Education Department; or (C) a valid Certified Internal Auditor certificate issued by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA); or
A satisfactory combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. Education and/or experience may be substituted as follows: (A) two years of full-time satisfactory experience in financial or managerial accounting may be substituted for the one year of experience described in "1(A)" above; (B) undergraduate or graduate credits from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in management, computer science, public administration, and/or business administration may be substituted for up to 9 semester credits in accounting, on a credit for credit basis. However, all candidates must have a baccalaureate degree including or supplemented by 15 semester credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting, auditing, and cost accounting, and one of the following: at least one year of the experience described in "1(A)" above or its equivalent; or a Certified Public Accountant license; or a Certified Internal Auditor certificate, as described in "1(B)" or "1(C)" above.
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, at least one year of experience as a Management Auditor - Assignment I or at least two years of experience in management auditing, financial auditing, and/or information technology (IT) auditing.
PERMANENT (NOT PROVISIONAL) IN THE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OF MANAGEMENT AUDITOR.

Responsibilities

Support the Assistant Director - CWCA to ensure that the fiscal management of annual closeouts for approximately 330 contracts for about 80 contract providers are carried out completely, accurately, and in a timely manner.
Monitor status of audit liaison’s portfolio to ensure accurate and timely completion of deliverables.
Generate data from SSPS, PMRS, FMS, PASSport, and other systems, as needed, to perform analysis and create reports.
Assist in developing workflows, audit instructions, and training materials.
Support the team in coordinating and complying with the Citywide Standard Audited Financial Reports (SAFR) process developed by MOCS.
Supervise the annual review of audited financial statements and ACS schedules of ACS vendors.
Track findings and Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) identified by CPAs in the annual audit reports as well as by ACS Audit and Risk Management Unit.
Keep up to date with Federal, State and City guidance pertaining to budget and reimbursement requirements to ACS vendors.
Provide technical assistance to ACS vendors.
Coordinate with provider agencies on audit requests, issues and concerns.
Collaborate with staff from other DFS Units and Divisions within ACS to meet DFS deadlines and ACS’s objectives.
Responsible for records management, including scanning documents as needed.
Manage special/ad hoc projects, as necessary.