Internal Auditor

Job Description

Job Description

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct assigned financial and operational audit engagements and special investigations successfully from beginning to end.
• Obtain and evaluate accounting documentation, previous reports, data, and flow charts to detect deficient controls, duplicated effort, extravagance, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and management policies.
• Complete audit work papers by documenting audit tests findings.
• Communicate audit findings by preparing a final report; discussing findings and recommendations with management.
• Conduct follow up audits to monitor management’s implementation of proposed recommendations.
• Review account books and accounting systems for efficiency, effectiveness, and use of accepted accounting procedures to record transactions.
• Appraise the adequacy of the internal control systems by updating audit programs and questionnaires and recommending new policies and procedures.
• Examine and evaluate financial and information systems, recommending controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity.
• Examine whether the organization's objectives are reflected in its management activities, and whether employees understand the objectives.
• Prepare, analyze, and verify annual reports, financial statements, and other records, using accepted accounting and statistical procedures to assess financial condition and facilitate financial planning.
• Conduct pre-implementation audits to determine if systems and programs under development will work as planned.
• Produce up-to-the-minute information, using internal computer systems, to allow management to base decisions on actual, not historical, data.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or Information Technology.

• Candidate should have intermediate to advanced computer skills in Microsoft Office, including a working knowledge of accounting software and databases. Knowledge of Yardi is a plus.
• 2 to 4 years auditing or accounting experience.
• Strong analytical, written/verbal communication, interpersonal, and relationship building skills.
• Ability to adapt to change quickly and multi-task.
• Sound independent judgement.
• Proficiency in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Working knowledge of audit techniques (work programs, tests, sampling, documentation, reporting) and risk- assessment practices.
• Bi-Lingual is a plus.

Testing:

• Drug screening, as permitted by, and consistent with, applicable law.

Persons performing service in this position classification may routinely exert up to 20 pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. This type of work may involve regular walking, standing or sitting for extended periods of time. It may involve stooping or bending. Handling and working with various materials and objects may be required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a person to perform the essential functions of the job.

R iverbay Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.