Misclassification Field Auditor

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Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) is seeking to hire a Misclassification Field Auditor at our 1000 E Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA office. Position Description: Are you ready to join our growing team as a Misclassification Field Auditor? Are you ready to become an integral part of the employer side of unemployment insurance? As a Misclassification Field Auditor, you will review and audit employer financial records, balance sheets, employee hiring and payroll records, and their general ledger to ensure that employees and independent contractors are classified correctly. Key Responsibilities: Review/Audit Employer Records: Audits may be performed when there is an omission of wage records, fraudulent or incorrect reporting, determination of liability, questionable employer-employee relationship, independent contractor status, missing wages investigation, cross match with federal unemployment tax returns, or mandated Federal requirements.

• Evaluates and determines consistency of accounting and records-keeping procedures in relation to Iowa tax liabilities.
• Applies applicable regulations and guidelines to achieve compliance with State of Iowa policy regulations and Department of Labor regulations.

Determination of Liability

• Investigates business establishments through field investigations, to determine legal status of employers regarding their liability for state taxes.
• Must determine if employer is a profit-making organization or non-profit organization, i.e., sole proprietor, partnership, corporation, political subdivision, agricultural, domestic, construction, etc.

Change of Ownership

• Investigates changes in business ownership to determine liability of successor employer for transfer of experience rating and to update and correct agency records.
• Explains effects of successorship to both predecessor and successor so they know their legal position regarding reserve fund balances, chargeability for future benefits, and in some cases the possibility of successor liability for predecessor indebtedness.

Wage investigations

• Investigates employers for incorrect or omitted wage credits.
• Secures all necessary wage information so the claimant will have the correct wage credit available for benefit payments. Also investigates business closings for proper determination of additional claims benefits.

Public Relations

• Interprets Iowa Employment Security Laws
• Speak to organization explain and discussing laws administered by IWD.
• Answer inquiries concerning benefit payments, chargeback, transfer of charges, reimbursable accounts.
• Conducts and assists other investigators for potential fraud, misreporting and/or employer contribution errors.
• Reviews findings of Quality Control for assigned area and prepares records and report to update and /or change agency records.
• May testify at administrative district court and grand jury hearings to present facts and evidence concerning agency employer investigations.

Appeal Hearings

• Appears as a representative for the Iowa Workforce Development to verify legal points of the law and/ or supply facts relating to liability determinations, rate computations, and other issues that are being appealed by the employer.
• In the absence of the Unemployment Insurance Legal Counsel, will cross examine witnesses to clarify the position of Iowa Workforce Development.

Essential Functions and Skills: Our Misclassification Field Auditor will be meeting and working with people from all backgrounds and employers from a variety of industries across the state of Iowa. Effective communications skills, professionalism, active listening, with compassion will help manage those conversations.

• Must be diligent about following the established processes established by team.
• The ability to understand detailed financial records, general ledger, payroll records, correspondence, and employer-prepared documents to assess compliance with an application of tax law.
• Excellent presentation skills
• Possess a curiosity to learn, be engaged and thorough.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.
• Have basic accounting skills.
• Must be able to use standard computer programs (MS Office Suite, Adobe PDF, etc.) as well as other agency specific applications to complete work timely and accurately.
• Able to use general office equipment, including a telephone, fax machine, calculator, and photocopy machine.
• Able to prioritize work, detail minded, and meet established deadlines.
• Must be able to be discreet with managing confidential information.
• Must be able to travel from one work site to another.

Complete other duties as assigned. Our agency uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit No applicant seeking employment with the Iowa Department of Workforce Development can have a current, ongoing overpayment balance with Iowa Workforce Development without a payment plan in place. Select positions will be subject to a criminal background check.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree with a minimum of twelve semester or equivalent hours in accounting, business administration or finance, and eighteen months of full-time professional auditing or accounting experience;

OR an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of work experience in auditing or accounting work involving the preparation or analysis of financial statements for every thirty semester hours of the required education to a maximum of four years; OR employees with current continuous experience in the state executive branch that includes twelve months of full-time work as an Accountant/Auditor 1. For additional information, please click on this link to view the . (Download PDF reader)

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