Internal Auditor II

Internal Audit DirectorReporting directly to the Assistant Internal Audit Director, responsible for scheduling and performing complex audits, including financial, operational, compliance, contract, and assurance audits, for internal departments and vendors while maintaining independence and objectivity. Evaluates the effectiveness of audit procedures and provides consultation to county personnel. Level II of II in Internal Audit.Examples of work performed include training and assisting Internal Auditor I positions with assigned audits, performing advanced full charge audits of essential county offices and vendors using proven audit theory, completing special project audits and contract audits outside the realm of county departments, evaluating and mapping processes while identifying control strengths and weaknesses within the office with the goal of improving processes, reviewing and verifying bank reconciliations along with reports completed by fee collecting offices for accuracy, analyzing data and internal control strengths and weaknesses; assisting in maintaining internal controls, creating audit reports and summarizing any audit findings and making recommendations as needed; following up on past recommendations, receiving data from multiple sources, configuring and extracting relevant data; performing data mining and analysis to identify anomalies, patterns, sets, and other trends, researching and applying knowledge of local, state, and federal government statutes and other legislative changes as they apply to audit responsibilities, communicating frequently with county personnel, department heads, and elected officials as it applies to the position, submitting audit reports with supporting documentation through the review process, meeting with department heads/elected officials to review audit findings, evaluating audit results and making recommendation to improve and strengthen internal controls surrounding manual and automated accounting systems, distributing final audit reports to appropriate personnel after acquiring approval, developing audit programs to adequately identify audit objectives/methodologies, focusing on transaction testing through sampling and tracing financial activity; reviewing internal controls, and completing compliance testing, notifying and interviewing pertinent personnel regarding risk, audit scope, and objectives, conducting peer reviews of work performed by other auditors, participating in creating standard operating procedures for new processes that arise, recording audit steps and processes for documentation purposes, assisting county departments with cash drawer needs; resolving cash overages/shortages, creating and maintaining various reports, forms, worksheets, and informational materials, assisting other Internal Audit staff, attending all meetings and trainings, as required, performing advanced projects as assigned.Organization relationships include reporting directly to – Assistant Internal Audit Director, direct reports – no.Physical demands involve prolonged sitting at a workstation, visual examination of documents, reaching, walking, twisting, bending, standing and occasional lifting/carrying. Position involves operating a motor vehicle. Work is primarily conducted indoors in an air-conditioned environment. Regular travel between work sites as required with possibility of overnight/out of state travel. Occasionally required to work remotely. Work outside of the normal office hours (Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) may be required. May be deemed essential personnel in the event of an emergency.Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field and three (3) years of relevant audit experience. Working knowledge of auditing standards, accounting principles, and cash handling practices. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, audit management software, and financial systems. Valid driver's license required within thirty (30) days of employment.Preferred qualifications include experience with TeamMate Audit Management, experience with TeamMate Analytics or a comparable application, Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).